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ESXi Evaluation?

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tacos4me

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so i just installed esxi 5.1 on one of my new production machines. new to esx btw. it started up with the evaluation license. i was expecting it to use the free one.. what happens after these 60 days? can i not run VMs any longer or does it revert to the free license?

don't want to be in a situation where this box is out of commission obviously.
 
Your vSphere Hypervisor serial number is there :
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http://www.tech-tap.com/2012/01/04/how-to-license-the-free-vmware-vsphere-hypervisor/
 
alright, so i guess that's not gonna work.. 64GB memory in my server, won't take the key. i'm looking into the licensing options.. and there's a hundred different options here. what should i use?

dual xeon server with 64GB memory. i only need to run 3-5 VMs max.is there a better solution for me or should i pony up?
 
Just buy the Vmware Essentials, its like $550.00 and allows you to run it on up to three physical hosts. The only thing that is going to suck is if you look into backup software, like Veeam, because you have two processors you have to pay waay more then if you only had one, just the way it goes.
 
tacos4me said:
dual xeon server with 64GB memory. i only need to run 3-5 VMs max.is there a better solution for me or should i pony up?
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I think that for 3-5 VMs VMware is just not worth the price.

The true differentiator VMware currently still has above the competition is that admins save a lot of time running their VM hosts and the VMs themselves due to the tools VMware provides to make all of that happen. However, that really doesn't provide you with a substantial benefit if you are only running 5 VMs.

If you are just talking about a single host and those 5 VMs then if it were me I'd just as soon run Hyper-V and be done with it.
 
i'm just going to go with esx i suppose. i've already got it in place and i dig the interface. it will pay for itself eventually anyway with the machines it's replacing. thanks for the replies.
 
vmware essentials still has an 8 vcpu limit... depending on what processors you have that could be an issue

why not try XenServer?
 
FLECOM said:
vmware essentials still has an 8 vcpu limit... depending on what processors you have that could be an issue

why not try XenServer?
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i'm going to look into that actually. i was going to give it a go originally but i wasn't aware there was even a free version. from what i gather, it doesn't have any CPU or memory capacity limitations, correct?

my machine has two E5-2620's in it (six core) and 64GB RAM. need at least 16 vcores in one VM for transcoding h264.
 
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