Powering on a virtual machine configured with 8 vCPUs fails
Article ID: 304425
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
- Powering on a virtual machine configured with 8 vCPUs fails
- You see the error:
Error msg : Virtual Machine has 8 virtual CPUs, but the Host only supports 4. The Number of virtual CPUs may be limited by the guest OS selected for the Virtual Machine.
Environment
VMware ESX 4.0.x
Resolution
If the guest operating system can support 8 vCPUs and you experience this issue, ensure that the ESX host is licensed with Enterprise Plus. For more information about the vSphere Editions, see Comparison of product offerings for vSphere 4.x and VMware Infrastructure 3.x (1010579).
Note: 8 vCPUs per virtual machines is the maximum in ESX 4.0 or ESX 4.0 Update 1. For more information, see the for VMware vSphere 4.0 and vSphere 4.0 Update 1 Configuration Maximums.
Note: 8 vCPUs per virtual machines is the maximum in ESX 4.0 or ESX 4.0 Update 1. For more information, see the for VMware vSphere 4.0 and vSphere 4.0 Update 1 Configuration Maximums.
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