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I just downloaded and tried the SCVMM 2012 Evaluation VHDs and realized that the Document mentioned 2008 R2 as a VM Host (probably as a minimum).

Is there a variation/ previous generation product in the same line (SC VMM/ VMM) from Microsoft that can be run under Hyper V on Windows Server 2008?

Is there or was there a similar Evaluation VHDs or Setups available to try out?

PS: I know this is older versions and everyone recommends going to 2012 and 2016, but I need to "prepare" and work on some older stuff before we can migrate them to 2012 R2.

Thoughts?

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There were some issues earlier, but now SCVMM 2012 Eval VHD is running in Hyper V on Win Server 2008.

For some weird reason Hyper V installed and was ready to use so I figured it was something else.

But on a dual/ side boot from a 2012 R2 instance (since we assumed 2008 was causing some issue with the Eval VHD), when trying to add the Hyper V role, realized that VT was not enabled on the BIOS.

So, enabled VT in the BIOS, installed Hyper V on 2012 R2, got the Eval VHD working.

Went back to Server 2008 and this time Hyper V worked.

It's interesting to note the difference in behavior between Server 2008 and 2012 R2 when it came to adding Hyper V role and then later executing a VM.

PS: Also, read somewhere that Integration Services pack causes some issue when installed from a 2012 R2 Host on to a 2008 Guest. So, that's something I have yet to verify.

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