Specifications

Administration Guide
60 VMware, Inc.
! Boot!loader!might!not!have!been!installed!or!was!not!installed!correctly,!which!
results!in!the!loader!loading!the!old!ram!disk!image.!Check!the!boot!loader!
configuration!and!install!the!boot!loader!again.
! Kernel!does!not!support!the!LSI!Logic!adapter.!Check!that!you!can!manually!
modprobe mptscsi!without!errors!and!that!it!appears!in!the!output!of!lsmod.!
If!not,!upgrade!the!kernel!and!start!over.
Importing, Upgrading, and Exporting Virtual Machines
Importing,!upgrading,!and!exporting!virtual!machines!involves!the!following!tasks:
! “Configuring!a!Virtual!Machine!to!Use!More!than!One!Virtual!Processor ,”!next
! “Migrating!Older!ESX!Server!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 62
! “Migrating!VMware!Workstation!and!VMware!GSX!Server!Virtual!Machines”!on!
page 63
! “Importing!a!GSX!Server!or!Workstation!Virtual!Machine”!on!page 66
! “Exporting!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 68
Configuring a Virtual Machine to Use More than One Virtual
Processor
When!you!create!a!virtual!machine!with!ESX!Server!2.5,!you!can!create!it!with!one!or!
two!virtual!processors.!To!configure!a!virtual!machine!with!more!than!one!virtual!
processor,!you!must!meet!the!following!conditions:
! The!virtual!machine!must!be!created!under!ESX!Server!2.5.!VMware!does!not!
support!upgrading!a!virtual!machine!created!under!ESX!Server!1.5.2!to!ESX!Server!
2.5!and!configuring!it!as!a!multiprocessor!or!ACPI!virtual!machine.!Creating!a!
virtual!machine!under!VMware!GSX!Server!2.5.1!or!VMware!Workstation!4.0,!and
!
importing!it!to!ESX!Server!2.5!while!upgrading!the!num ber!of!virtual!processors!is!
also!not!supported.
! You!must!have!purchased!the!VMware!Virtual!SMP!for!ESX!Server!product!and!
created!the!virtual!machine!under!ESX!Server!2.5.!For!more!information!on!the!
VMware!Virtual!SMP!for!ESX!Server!product,!contact!VMware!or!your!authorized!
sales!representative.!After!you!have!the!license,!install!the!product!by!entering!the
!
serial!number!when!you!configure!the!ESX!Server!system.!See!the!VMware!ESX!
Server!Installation!Guide.
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OTE You!might! see!different!results!on!different!distributions.