SQL Server 2005 on VMWare?
Recently one of my colleague has asked the question that can we install SQL Server version 2005 on VMware?
This is required for a consolidation exercise to reduce the data center space!
The answer is yes you can, you can install required SQL instances on a single Virtual Machine and ensure to have the guest Operating System as Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 and host as a Windows XP SP2.
There are various resources available on the web about managing the SQL insances on Virutal Machines.
Test SQL Clustering on VMware.
Also on a production installation Microsoft supports the SQL instance having them on Virtual PC and Virtual Server installation, but not on VMware installation, typical.