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I can install Server2003 or 2008 32 bit fine, but it comes back saying I don't have 64bit processors, but they are VT enabed and EMT64. &nbsp;The board is an Intel 5000VSA, and I can find no where that says it does not support 64bit. &nbsp;I am just odering if it is an issue with ESX, that does not allow the install of a 64 bit OS
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I can install Server2003 or 2008 32 bit fine, but it comes back saying I don't have 64bit processors, but they are VT enabed and EMT64.  The board is an Intel 5000VSA, and I can find no where that says it does not support 64bit.  I am just odering if it is an issue with ESX, that does not allow the install of a 64 bit OS

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OK will check to see if board is enabled for 64bit. &nbsp;How do you emulate the 64bit ?
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OK will check to see if board is enabled for 64bit.  How do you emulate the 64bit ?

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A final note - I found out that the CPU's that I had on my board were not correct, and i am having a bitch fight with Intel as there was no way for me to know the Spec was incorrect wheh I ordered it from my Supplier as I only have the Box code. &nbsp;It is now all working.<br />
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It was only after 2 hrs with Intel that we figured it out, that we could not enable the Virtualisation on the board
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A final note - I found out that the CPU's that I had on my board were not correct, and i am having a bitch fight with Intel as there was no way for me to know the Spec was incorrect wheh I ordered it from my Supplier as I only have the Box code.  It is now all working.

It was only after 2 hrs with Intel that we figured it out, that we could not enable the Virtualisation on the board

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I am trying to find out if Windows 2008X64 can be installed on a VMware ESX3.5 server. &nbsp;
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I am trying to find out if Windows 2008X64 can be installed on a VMware ESX3.5 server.  

esx 3.5 with server2008 x64

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.

VMware

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.