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I am trying to assign virtual cpu settings in VMWare 5.1 I don't know why but can't get my head around the settings.<br />
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I have a 2 X quad core HP DL380 G5 server and I have a SBS2003 virtual machine<br />
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How should I configure the cpu settings <br />
<br />
Number of virtual sockets and<br />
Number of cores per socket.<br />
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I just am not sure what setting relates to the physical sockets<br />
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I assume 2 physical CPUs and 8 cores (being quad core each) is this correct<br />
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<br />
Thanks
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I am trying to assign virtual cpu settings in VMWare 5.1 I don't know why but can't get my head around the settings.

I have a 2 X quad core HP DL380 G5 server and I have a SBS2003 virtual machine

How should I configure the cpu settings 

Number of virtual sockets and
Number of cores per socket.

I just am not sure what setting relates to the physical sockets

I assume 2 physical CPUs and 8 cores (being quad core each) is this correct


Thanks

Assigning Virtual CPU settings VMware 5.1

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.