Moving RHEL4 to VM and "ES" limitations ?

[sub at nryc.fr]

Le 14/11/2010 11:22, sub at nryc.fr a écrit :
> Le 13/11/2010 16:01, hike a écrit :
>> yes, you should worry. ES is for only 2 cpus. AS is the version that you
>> need if you want to leave vmware the way it is now.
>
> My understanding is that ES is limited to 2 sockets which was the case
> of my Dell PowerEdge M600 (2x4 CPU).
>
> RHEL being a VM now, maybe it sees 8 sockets instead of 2, hence the
> message?
>
> Does it means that one day or the other there will be an issue with
> updates or the number of CPU?

[reply to myself]

Well, the "cpuid.coresPerSocket" in vmware should resolve my problem :

http://www.vcritical.com/2009/09/use-coreinfo-to-view-vm-core-and-socket-count/

Nicolas