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Move from Hyper-V to VMware vSphere Hypervisor?

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VulcaN

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Seems like everyone here is talking about VMware's offering (rarely ever see anyone reference hyper-v) and I am getting tired of the windows 7 remote management console failing to connect to my hyper-v server all the time and magically connecting sometimes when it wants to. Not only that, but it was a pain to get them to connect in the first place with firewall rules, add ins, and command line prompts that had to be done on both the desktop and the server.

It seems that vSphere Hypervisor can be easier than this, have a smaller footprint and work more reliably?

Do I lose anything going to VMWare because I will be using their "free" product? Like limitations on my hardware? I dont have $500+ to drop on their license fee's because this is just me at home, not a business.

Last, I read I can import my Hyper-V virtual machines, is this true and is there any downside to doing so?

Thanks for any tips!
 
ESXi 5.0 will work even better than Hyper-V.. I also previously had HyperV And That Remote Console was indeed really annoying. Apart of that it required large amount of memory to work. I had to manually install drivers through command line because my NIC was not working.
After switch to ESXi everything is simple and reliable:) And it works out of the box. You won't loose any functionality as far as i know. I'm using myself free edition and it has everything i need.
Yes you can convert VM through vmware vCenter Converter. It's a free tool ;)
http://www.vladan.fr/vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-5-0-final-available/
 
Hyper-V server is a PITA. Get yourself a Technet subscription ($250) and you can use the full Windows server package with GUI. Its a hell of a lot easier.

Also, read about Hyper-V 3.0, due with Server 8. IMHO, its looking to be far better than vSphere for smaller installations.
 
Hmm maybe I will hold off then? I already have a technet sub, thats why I started using hyper-v in the first place. I want a dedicated bare metal install hypervisor as I have a machine dedicated to the task. I like logging in with the management console / remote client, I just want it to work better.
 
There are limitations on any free hypervisor, that is just how it is. ESXi free is limited in some ways, as is the free version of Hyper-V, but for your intents and purposes I doubt it would bother you.

You can use VMware converter to directly convert Hyper-V servers to VMware's format. For what it is worth, I do recommend you try both before you make a decision. Hyper-V might be your choice in the end, if so, so be it. One will work better for you, and if it is ESXi then you'd be missing out if you never try it.
 
Thats what turned me away from ESXi, all the pricing packages and options that you are limited to. With technet I (assume) I am experiencing a limitless hyper-v installation for testing. Where as with the free version of ESXi there are limitations and you cant do thigns that interest me such as live migrating, backup, load balancing, and using VCenter.

Is the vsphere client just as good if not better than the hyper-v client (in that it lets you see all your VM's on multiple servers at once and easily manage them / click into their sessions)?

I will give it a try for sure on a spare system, I just enjoy hearing opinions.
The new Hyper-V for Windows Server 8 looks good on paper, does anyone know when it might hit technet?
 
VulcaN said:
Thats what turned me away from ESXi, all the pricing packages and options that you are limited to. With technet I (assume) I am experiencing a limitless hyper-v installation for testing. Where as with the free version of ESXi there are limitations and you cant do thigns that interest me such as live migrating, backup, load balancing, and using VCenter.

Is the vsphere client just as good if not better than the hyper-v client (in that it lets you see all your VM's on multiple servers at once and easily manage them / click into their sessions)?

I will give it a try for sure on a spare system, I just enjoy hearing opinions.
The new Hyper-V for Windows Server 8 looks good on paper, does anyone know when it might hit technet?
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You can open the vSphere client and login to multiple servers, but without vCenter you can only see one at a time. No Live migration (vMotion in VMware) no automated load balancing without vCenter. Still check it out if you are only using one system. If you want to do testing of vCenter and all its features you can always install "full vCenter experience" within the ESXi free box and use it for 60 days (Create 3 VMs, 2 ESXi, 1 Server 2008R2 vCenter box)

In my opinion VMWare is much more stable and easier to get around than Hyper-V and has a smaller overhead. I love running small test environments off of a USB stick for the OS load.
 
I think the VMWare product is more refined but it comes at a high cost, some shops cannot justify the extra cost.

For us, we would never get the capital approval for VMWare so we are a Hyper-V shop. Hard to argue with Hyper-V pricing....especially with a datacenter license
 
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