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C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
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• winNetStandard (Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition)
• winNetEnterprise (Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition)
5. Click 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 allows you to 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. However, any virtual machines created before ESX
Server 2.1 can only have a single virtual processor. Multiprocessor virtual machines
must be created under ESX Server 2.0.
Using the LSILogic SCSI Adapter
Prior to ESX Server 2.1, 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, you should make sure you
upgraded 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. Now 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 59.
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.
Note: Virtual machines created under versions earlier than GSX Server 2.0 or
Workstation 3.2 must be upgraded to ESX Server 1.5 before they can be migrated to
ESX Server 2.1. Once these virtual machines run under ESX Server 1.5, you can migrate
them to ESX Server 2.1. See the upgrade instructions at www.vmware.com/support/
esx15/doc/install_esx.html.