This article on VMWare shows the supported Operating Systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/s\/article\/2091273<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let me just say that file is possibly: THE<\/strong> WORST FILE THAT EVER EXISTED ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have had the absolute worst experience trying to install VMWare vCenter Server 6.x onto my Windows Server at the house. I didn’t really have any issues with installing vSphere 6.7 on my HPE Proliant DL360 g6 server so that I could update my environment. I was going to put vCenter on as well so that I could keep my servers updated and such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main issue with the install is that it fails when installing the VCSServiceManager.msi component with a 1603 error. Needless to say, this has been a major issue that started with version 6.0. I have looked through all of the following articles in my search to remediate this issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve looked through more than that honestly and was NOT able to get past that part of the install, now I did install the msi separately, and the main install acted like it finished successfully, but none of the services installed on the server and the vCenter Component was basically non existent when trying to access it. I even went through setting up an Microsoft SQL Server Express back end thinking it might be an issue with the Python SQL component that comes with vCenter. I even formatted my Server OS and started from scratch. No luck what so ever on the installation. I bet I spent 30 man hours over the course of a week or two trying install after install. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeing that it is the evaluation version, I cannot seek direct help from VMWare as their support is paid support, but being an IT guy myself, and seeing all the problems with that part of the install, leads me to believe that I wasn’t the problem when I was installing the software. I followed all the processes to get the installation to go smoothly and correctly, but did not succeed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I used to be a real advocate for VMWare as a great Hypervisor, but, I will be migrating to Hyper-V now. I’m running all 2019 servers anyway, I should have Hyper-V on my host. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Question: Has anyone had issues with Hyper-V or Server 2019 Datacenter on an HPE Proliant DL360 g6 server? I haven’t seen too much issue from my research. So if the blog is down this weekend, you’ll have knowledge why as I convert my VMs to VHDX disks and get Hyper-V setup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy Reading! Please leave some feedback!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This article on VMWare shows the supported Operating Systems: https:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/s\/article\/2091273 Let me just say that file is possibly: THE WORST FILE THAT<\/p>\n