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Chapter 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
3Click!the!Options!tab!and,!under!Verbose!Options,!click!the!link.!
4 Change!the!value!of!the!guestOS!configuration!parameter!to!one!of!the!following:!
! winNetWeb!(Windows!Server!2003!Web!Edition)!
! winNetStandard!(Windows!Server!2003!Standard!Edition)!
! winNetEnterprise!(Windows!Server!2003!Enterprise!Edition)!
5Click!OK!to!save!your!changes.
Running ESX Server 1.5 Virtual Machines in Legacy Mode
You!can!choose!to!not!upgrade!an!ESX!Server!1.5!virtual!machine!and!run!it!in!legacy!
mode.!This!lets!you!use!the!virtual!disk!as!is.!Changes!can!be!written!to!the!virtual!disk!
file.!You!can!add!any!virtual!hardware!to!a!legacy!virtual!machine,!including!
upgrading!VMware!Tools.
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Any!virtual!machines!created!before!ESX!Server!2.5!can!have!only!a!single!virtual!
processor.!Multiprocessor!virtual!machines!must!be!created!under!ESX!Server!2.0.
Using the LSILogic SCSI Adapter
Prior!to!ESX!Server!2.5,!virtual!machines!only!used!BusLogic!SCSI!adapters.!Now!you!
can!choose!to!use!either!the!BusLogic!SCSI!adapter!or!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!adapter!for!
your!virtual!machines.!
If!you!are!upgrading!an!older!ESX!Server!virtual!machine,!upgrade!the!virtual!machine!
hardware!before!proceeding.!Install
!the!latest!version!of!VMware!Tools.!If!necessary,!
power!off!the!virtual!machine!and!upgrade!the!virtual!hardware.!Make!sure!the!guest!
operating!system!boots!completely.!Power!off!the!virtual!machine!and!back!it!up.!You!
are!ready!to!add!the!LSI!Logic!adapter.
To!add!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!adapter
!to!the!virtual!machine,!see!“Configuring!a!Virtual!
Machine!to!Use!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!Adapter”!on!page 55.!
Migrating VMware Workstation and VMware GSX Server Virtual
Machines
You!can!migrate!virtual!machines!created!with!VMware!Workstation!4!or!earlier!or!
VMware!GSX!Server!2.5.1!or!earlier!to!your!VMware!ESX!Server!system.
The!virtual!machine!you!want!to!migrate!must!have!been!configured!with!a!virtual!
SCSI!disk!and!have!a!supported!guest!operating!system!installed.!For!the!
list!of!
supported!guest!operating!systems,!see!the!VMware!ESX!Server!Installation!Guide.