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right on the money. &nbsp;sorry for delay in closing.
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right on the money.  sorry for delay in closing.

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No worries, thanks for letting us know the outcome.
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No worries, thanks for letting us know the outcome.

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I have an ESXi host running 5.1.0. &nbsp;That host is hosting several VMs. &nbsp;The VMs are Server 2008, 2008 R2 and two 2012 R2. &nbsp;The server has been in production for months with little or no problems.<br />
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The other day, I added the 2012 R2 server and added the RDS role. &nbsp;Then I went in to add a printer from AD and the host pink screened. &nbsp;<br />
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I went back and instead of adding the printer from AD, I added it as a local TCP/IP printer and it added just fine.<br />
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Later, when I was installing Office 2013, it pink screened again.<br />
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Both pink screens are attached.<br />
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I'm totally new to VMWare so I'm a little lost.<br />
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Any ideas as to why this otherwise stable server would begin pink screening all of a sudden?<br />
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Is 5.1.0 ok with 2012 R2? &nbsp;I thought about spinning up an 08 R2 to test but wanted to ask first.<br />
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Thanks<br />
<br />
Cliff<br />
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I have an ESXi host running 5.1.0.  That host is hosting several VMs.  The VMs are Server 2008, 2008 R2 and two 2012 R2.  The server has been in production for months with little or no problems.

The other day, I added the 2012 R2 server and added the RDS role.  Then I went in to add a printer from AD and the host pink screened.  

I went back and instead of adding the printer from AD, I added it as a local TCP/IP printer and it added just fine.

Later, when I was installing Office 2013, it pink screened again.

Both pink screens are attached.

I'm totally new to VMWare so I'm a little lost.

Any ideas as to why this otherwise stable server would begin pink screening all of a sudden?

Is 5.1.0 ok with 2012 R2?  I thought about spinning up an 08 R2 to test but wanted to ask first.

Thanks

Cliff

VmWare Pink Screen, when adding printer in Server 2012 R2 RDS host

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

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.