VMware Server – 2 (Two) Virtual Processors?

Well, I’m still not sold on this but will get around to trying it…

Old: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1023&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&dialogID=12414443&stateId=0%200%2012410672

Current:
Using Two-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing (Experimental)

For all supported configurations of 32‐bit and 64‐bit host and guest operating systems running on multiprocessor host machines, VMware Server provides experimental support for two‐way virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing (Virtual SMP). Virtual SMP lets you assign two virtual processors to a virtual machine on any host machine that has at least two logical processors.

The following host configurations are all considered to have two logical processors:
• A single‐processor host with hyperthreading enabled
• A single‐processor host with a dual‐core CPU
• A multiprocessor host with two CPUs, neither of which are dual‐core or have hyperthreading enabled.

NOTE On hyperthreaded uniprocessor hosts, performance of virtual machines with Virtual SMP might be subpar.

VMware Server does not support guests with more than two virtual processors. You can, however, power on and run multiple dual‐processor virtual machines concurrently.