Hi,

Right now we are running VS 2005 R2 on a 64-bit box but with Windows 2003 in
32-bit mode. Each of our images is limited to 3.6 gb of RAM (some are
running Windows Enterprise, some Windows Standard).

If we reinstall the host OS to be Windows 2003 in 64-bit mode, will that
allow us to allocate more memory to each virtual image?

Alan

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:38:11 -0800, Alan Whitehouse
<AlanWhitehouse@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Right now we are running VS 2005 R2 on a 64-bit box but with Windows 2003 in
>32-bit mode. Each of our images is limited to 3.6 gb of RAM (some are
>running Windows Enterprise, some Windows Standard).
>
>If we reinstall the host OS to be Windows 2003 in 64-bit mode, will that
>allow us to allocate more memory to each virtual image?
>
>Alan

No, the VMs are limited to 3.6GB regardless of the host OS.
You could upgrade to Windows 2008 and Hyper-V though.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

We have thought about Server 2008 and Hyper-V but occassionally the images we
create need to be taken to a client (rather than just used in our office or
hit via VPN) and we need to be able to run them on a laptop and external
hard-drive. We can move freely from VS to VPC today and only have to be
aware of reduced memory when running under VPC.

I know you can move an image from VS to Hyper-V, but can you move it back
again?

"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:38:11 -0800, Alan Whitehouse
> <AlanWhitehouse@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

> >Hi,
> >
> >Right now we are running VS 2005 R2 on a 64-bit box but with Windows 2003 in
> >32-bit mode. Each of our images is limited to 3.6 gb of RAM (some are
> >running Windows Enterprise, some Windows Standard).
> >
> >If we reinstall the host OS to be Windows 2003 in 64-bit mode, will that
> >allow us to allocate more memory to each virtual image?
> >
> >Alan

>
> No, the VMs are limited to 3.6GB regardless of the host OS.
> You could upgrade to Windows 2008 and Hyper-V though.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:21:03 -0800, Alan Whitehouse
<AlanWhitehouse@xxxxxx> wrote:

>We have thought about Server 2008 and Hyper-V but occassionally the images we
>create need to be taken to a client (rather than just used in our office or
>hit via VPN) and we need to be able to run them on a laptop and external
>hard-drive. We can move freely from VS to VPC today and only have to be
>aware of reduced memory when running under VPC.
>
>I know you can move an image from VS to Hyper-V, but can you move it back
>again?

You can but it's not something you'd want to do regularly. The
virtual hardware is significantly different between the two.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/