Is Enterprise vault compatible with Windows 2008?

[McCu]

It appears not to be according to the compatability chart.

http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/Exchange_Mailbox_Archiving_Unit/276547.pdf

[Liam_Finn1]

It is compatible with Windows 2008. EV8 is supported in Windows 2008 64 Bit in WOW mode

[TonySterling]

On page 11 it clearly states Windows Server 2008 x64 edition (using WOW64) is supported.  There are some footnotes to observe but yes it is.

[McCu]

I'm confused,  How come a 32bit product is only supported on a 64-bit OS?

When the depolyment scanner is run on a Windows 2008 sp2 32bit it doesn't report any problems.

Does anyone know what the issue is with installing on 2008 32-bit?

[JesusWept3 · Accepted solution]

There really isn't any issue, however when the Product Managers started looking at where technology is going, based on feedback from customers on how they will invest in hardware, the large majority stated when going to Windows Server 2008 they would be going fully 64bit and not remain on an x86 platform, due to the fact that it really is the way all software is headed now.

So when it came time for development and QA processes, it made more sense from QA/Dev standpoint that the majority of the efforts should be focused on the x64 instead.

Again, this isn't to say that it will not work on a standard 32bit server, it just means that if you do have any issues, you won't get the level of support you would were you on x64 platform. So for instance if you find a bug you would be asked to upgrade the server to x64 to eliminate any issues that an unsupported and untested platform might cause

[McCu]

Is there an easy way to migrate an installation from a 2008 32-bit server to a 64-bit server?

[TonySterling]

I think your only option would be to re-install the OS and follow the DR steps. 

This technote is a good reference:

http://support.veritas.com/docs/293911

How to move the Enterprise Vault to a new server

In essence it will be a new server as it is a new OS.