Windows Server 2003

[StewartH]

Hi.

I can see that 2003 support level is deprecated and I am not asking about building new 2003 servers :-)

A customer has some old 2003 VMs running on ESX 6.5. The hardware is aging so we need to migrate (cold likely) these VMs to new servers running v7 or v8.

My questions are will they run? Is there VMware specific support for the VMs on the newer platforms? I will probably need to upgrade the Hardware Compatibility of the VMs - what is the maximum version (if any)? What about VM Tools?

They are currently running Tools build 11269 (11.0.5) and Hardware Compatibility v4 (ESX/ESXi 3.5 and later).

Any advice, gotchas and warnings also helpful thanks.

[Rajeev Kumar]

you can run 2003 on 7 or 8 , no dependency for more information please open this link you will get all answer

https://compatibilityguide.broadcom.com/search?program=software&persona=live&column=osVendors&order=asc&keyword=windows&productName=%5BESXi%5D&activePage=1&activeDelta=20

if more info required plz let me know

Regards

Rajeev

[Rajeev Kumar]

Please open this link you will get all answer

Yes you can run 2003 on 7 or 8

https://compatibilityguide.broadcom.com/search?program=software&persona=live&column=osVendors&order=asc&keyword=windows&productName=%5BESXi%5D&activePage=1&activeDelta=20