Re: Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Updates
Mathilda Gibby
The problem is outdated driver on the virtual machine bus virtual adopter, when you in stall windows server 20008 service pack 1 the driver gets updated and you can use windows update to download and install your updates automatically. You can find sp1 on the catalog link above.
I'm going to slowly enable Large Send Offload 1 & 2, TCP and UDP Checksum Offload, and Large Receive Offload on the NICs and see which ones cause the problem. I'm suspecting LRO is the only one that needs disabled, but since it's working, I'm going to slowly back it up to a non-working point.
I have an host HPE Proliant wich support a VMWARE environment VMWARE Vsphere v8.0.
I use it to virtualize Windows server 2019 Datacenter servers. I already have a licence Windows serveur 2019 DATACENTER ROK. Today i'd like to upgrade my windows serveurs from 2019 to 2022.
Hello there, since you have ROK licenses, it means you may get in touch with an HPE representative to get the new licenses for the Windows Server 2022. Once you have the new licenses, you have two options: either upgrade the current VM's from 2019 to 2022, or create new VM's to perform a clean install and then delete the old VM's.
There's no need to perform anything at the hypervisor level(the ESXi), however it is always a good practice to keep everything up to date, the firmware of the server(iLO, BIOS, etc), and make sure that you're using the HPE ESXi custom image.
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