Running Windows Server 2012 on vSphere 4.1

Question

I know it's not supported, and won't be officially supported, but has anyone had success getting a Windows Server 2012 VM running on a vSphere 4.1 box?

Thanks for the help.

Nope. Time to upgrade ESX. – HopelessN00b Aug 23 '12 at 20:51 — HopelessN00b, Aug 23 '12 at 20:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '12 at 20:35

You won’t be able to install this at all. You will need to be running ESXI5 at the very minimum. But I would wait for a few weeks as EXI 5.1 has just been released. The hardware version profiles just wont support it at all, and VMware will not write a new hardware profile for it.

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 06 '16 at 10:16

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I found these set of instructions:

Windows Server 2012 on ESXi 4.1

answered Apr 06 '16 at 10:16

Giulio Maggi

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I don't think providing a not supported solution is a good idea. Even more so if the solution would be applied to a productive environment. – John K. N. Apr 06 '16 at 11:59

Running Windows Server 2012 on vSphere 4.1

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