Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit

iroal

Windows 2008 does not have option to install hyperv role?

@NetworkNerd said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:

I was thinking older version of VMware Workstation / VMware Player, but it appears even older versions want a 64-bit CPU.

I think is the best option, and old version of Vmware Player

dbeato

@scottalanmiller Yeah, that's weird is almost the same kernel between Vista and Server 2008. I think that requirement of that SW post is skewed. Nothing can be done right on that setup.

scottalanmiller

@dbeato said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:

@scottalanmiller Yeah, that's weird is almost the same kernel between Vista and Server 2008. I think that requirement of that SW post is skewed. Nothing can be done right on that setup.

There is certainly no great answer there.

thwr

Is Hyper-V installed? VirtualBox has some issues with Hyper-V.

BTW: Can't he use Hyper-V?

scottalanmiller

@thwr said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:

Is Hyper-V installed? VirtualBox has some issues with Hyper-V.

BTW: Can't he use Hyper-V?

Does Hyper-V install on 32bit?

scottalanmiller

Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor from AFTER the hardware assist era. Pretty sure it has no pure software mode.

thwr

@scottalanmiller said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:

@thwr said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:

Is Hyper-V installed? VirtualBox has some issues with Hyper-V.

BTW: Can't he use Hyper-V?

Does Hyper-V install on 32bit?

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/migreene/2008/02/29/why-is-there-a-32-bit-windows-server-2008-option-without-hyper-v/

doesn't look like, my bad.

jt1001001

I swear I tried this year's ago but can't find any notes on it maybe a home project at the time when I had a 32 bit Dell 2600 boat anchor lab server.

scottalanmiller

@jt1001001 said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:

I swear I tried this year's ago but can't find any notes on it maybe a home project at the time when I had a 32 bit Dell 2600 boat anchor lab server.

It's definitely not something that you really want to do, this is someone stuck with a business that isn't taking itself seriously and is dramatically below the home line.

matteo nunziati

@scottalanmiller not an answer to your question but...
if this is the state of art there, why not simply put a pc under ups with a couple of hdd. install centos e do stuff there with software raid1...

scottalanmiller

@matteo-nunziati said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:

@scottalanmiller not an answer to your question but...
if this is the state of art there, why not simply put a pc under ups with a couple of hdd. install centos e do stuff there with software raid1...

Management won't let them.

thwr

@scottalanmiller said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:

@matteo-nunziati said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:

@scottalanmiller not an answer to your question but...
if this is the state of art there, why not simply put a pc under ups with a couple of hdd. install centos e do stuff there with software raid1...

Management won't let them.

And management is aware of...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?sort=PN&alpha=Windows Server 2008&Filter=FilterNO ?

dbeato

The last time I had to do this was on a PE 2900 with Vmware and it ran 32 bits VMs and 64 linux vms on a 32 bit system.

I even had a pe 2850 booting to USB with a diskette lol

jt1001001

@dbeato wasn't there a hack to allow 32 bit VMware to load 64 bit operating systems?

dbeato

@jt1001001 It will only work if the CPU is 64 bits but the Vmware version is 32 bits.