VMware Esxi Server thoughts and suggestions

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svizi

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Hi guys!

Previous week i had setup my first VMware Esxi server which as a complete newbie i am has some flaws.
First of all i have installed VMware Esxi 4.1 and not 5, as i have read that the free version is restricted to 2 vCPU's and 8GB RAM ( my current setup is just about that but for future expansion i haven't migrated straight to 5).
I have installed Vsphere Client but seems to be a cut-down version as i cannot find many of the configuration i read about in guides. I don't know if that has something to do with the fact i haven't add a license to it.
I also have a 3TB NAS running Debian in which i have setup iSCSI and want to use to for datastore.

The suggestions i need have to do mostly about the version of the Vmware Esxi, Vsphere and license as it can get really complicated for a newbie.

Thanks
 
ESXi 5 does not have those restrictions on it any more. Its 32 GB of RAM now for the free version and I believe 8 vCPUs per VM.
 
It really depends on where you have ESXi installed. If it's installed on a USB drive, or separate volume from your datastore then you should be safe. If you have your datastore in the remainder of the volume left from the ESXi install, then I'd backup the VMs first.
 
The datastore is in the same HD with the vmware installation part. So probably i should backup :)
 
You should always do a backup before you do any upgrade..duh!

I did a test upgrade of 4.1->5.0 on two servers with combined boot/datastore drives just yesterday evening. It was flawless. Since they were test systems I didn't bother doing a backup but if they were production I certainly would have.
 
Ofcourse mine is not a production server either....
My upgrade was also flawless.
 
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