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VMWare Licensing..
- Thread starter mikkhail
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I believe they did....not sure if its still around.
If I recall, it was for training/development environments only. Just like MSDN is not suppose to be used in production. They have no way to make money off the licensing then
Question on the low-cost license
The "Essentials" license ($495) -
- provides 3 ESXi hosts
- Is there a cap on the number of guests (example: 10 CentOS "guests") I can run within a single ESXi host?
- Includes vCenter - is there a cap on the number of managed guests?
The "Essentials" license ($495) -
- provides 3 ESXi hosts
- Is there a cap on the number of guests (example: 10 CentOS "guests") I can run within a single ESXi host?
- Includes vCenter - is there a cap on the number of managed guests?
I have a few essentials plus at my job - 1 development and 2 production (2 locations) they work great and I haven't run into any snags yet. There are no VM caps on Essentials but there are vRam/vCPU caps to be aware of.
Personally I wouldn't go with the essentials (standard) kit for $495 as it seems to be a waste of money and you don't really get anything good from it like HA/Data Recovery or vMotion. In my opinion you'd be better off just managing 3 ESXi free versions separately as the only thing you'd be getting for $500.00 is the ability to monitor all servers from one console.
I think essentials enterprise is like 1499.00 or so but provides for HA/DR/vMotion which is really nice to have if you have 3 servers to run it against.
True, I keep forgetting that they removed that in 5.1 after so much backlash.
Thanks for the license info.
In looking at the "vSphere Essentials Kit" ($560)
- includes vCenter
It's vCenter server that enables cloning. However, i could also simply copy the image and then manually update the network configs to avoid duplicates. There may also be a way to clone via CLI (etc) - haven't researched this yet...
I've also been looking at Xen and XenServer - though prefer ESXi due to enterprise presence.
In looking at the "vSphere Essentials Kit" ($560)
- includes vCenter
It's vCenter server that enables cloning. However, i could also simply copy the image and then manually update the network configs to avoid duplicates. There may also be a way to clone via CLI (etc) - haven't researched this yet...
I've also been looking at Xen and XenServer - though prefer ESXi due to enterprise presence.
If all you're looking to do is clone the VM, standard vCenter fits the bill. If you want any type of high availability or vMotion capabilities to schedule server reboots without bringing down everything on the whole environment you'll need plus.
It'll all depend on what your needs are.
At least going with something like standard will get you backup API's (which is a part of the clone/snapshot process) so you can backup the server using that route if you need to.
That said, I've found that Hyper-V has some pretty good features for the free version when compared against VMware ESXi and even Essentials.....It might be worth looking hard into that. It's one of the main reasons that VMware went back on their vRam/vCPU licensing structure that was introduced in 5.0.
It'll all depend on what your needs are.
At least going with something like standard will get you backup API's (which is a part of the clone/snapshot process) so you can backup the server using that route if you need to.
That said, I've found that Hyper-V has some pretty good features for the free version when compared against VMware ESXi and even Essentials.....It might be worth looking hard into that. It's one of the main reasons that VMware went back on their vRam/vCPU licensing structure that was introduced in 5.0.
Hyper-V
Yes. I was looking at Hyper-V. Nice system and it's on the agenda for my next server build.
Driving Hyper-V is a 100% (in the box...) MS platform:
ESXi and Xen stand behind the Linux platform (eg: permanence via enterprise standards). Following Linux:
Exclusive ESXi advantages?
Yes. I was looking at Hyper-V. Nice system and it's on the agenda for my next server build.
Driving Hyper-V is a 100% (in the box...) MS platform:
- Win Server
- Active Directory
- SharePoint (document management)
ESXi and Xen stand behind the Linux platform (eg: permanence via enterprise standards). Following Linux:
- Industrial-strength DBMS (Ora, DB2, Postgress[?]... leaning towards Linux hosted - yes)
- Enterprise OS platform (RHEL, SUSE, etc...)
- Directory/identity mgt services (OAM, Tivoli, etc.)
- Document Management (EMC/Documentum, IBM/FileNet, Alfresco...)
Exclusive ESXi advantages?
- VMWare Workstation works very well with ESXi - provides a nice desktop experience in managing multiple servers over 3 displays (CrossFire video card). With Workstation, I simply point and run the console against ESXi-hosted guests. Workstation also has better support for running the console on any one of 3 displays. ESXi has trouble with the console running on something other than Win7's "primary" display.
- Portable Guests - I can also port-and-run images onto my laptop for client/on-site
engagements.
You would need minimum Essentials Kit.
You would get Vcenter server/Windows/Appliance your choice
You would also get Vcenter OPS.New addition.
Thanks.