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By Rob, August 17, 2010 8:56 AM

Finally, it’s officially supported.

I didn’t notice any fanfare about this and it doesn’t seem to be in the release notes for vSphere 4.1 or the What’s New document, but I noticed it in the compatibility matrix:

As of vSphere 4.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is now an officially supported Operating System for vCenter Server. It’s about time!

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By Rob, August 5, 2009 1:36 PM

It might seem a little odd to some, attempting to install Microsoft Windows XP into a Virtual Machine running on VMware’s ESX 3.5. That’s more of a job for VMware Workstation or Player. However, I wanted to install a Windows XP VM in my ESX test environment, to try some things out. I was a little surprised when I was greeted with this message during the initial install though:

I’ve installed countless Windows Server 2003 VMs, and not had any issues. Pre-morning-coffee, it wasn’t immediately obvious why Windows XP would have any issues installing, especially as its listed as a supported VM type during the virtual hardware configuration steps. Continue reading 'Installing Windows XP on VMware ESX/ESXi — No Hard Disk Drive Found'»