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Paravirtualization Option Is Not Disabled for Unsupported Operating Systems

Details

Paravirtualization is not supported on the following guest operating systems:
  • Windows Vista 32-bit
  • Windows Server 2003 32-bit
  • Windows XP, SP2 32-bit
  • Windows 2000
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2, 3, 4, and 5 32-bit
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, SP4 32-bit
  • All 64-bit operating systems

Solution

Disable paravirtualization on virtual machines running the guest operation systems that do not support it. Otherwise, unexpected results might occur.

Keywords

Paravirtualization; VMI; W2K3; W2K; XP; Vista; RHEL 2; RHEL 3; RHEL 4; RHEL 5; SLES 9; 64-bit operating systems

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  • KB Article: 1003008
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
    VMware ESXi
    VMware VirtualCenter
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.5.x
    VMware ESXi 3.5.x Embedded
    VMware ESXi 3.5.x Installable
    VMware VirtualCenter 2.5.x