What VMware software should I download for Vmotion, DRS, HA, etc?

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I have been using free ESXi for years. I now want to set up two matching hosts in order to make use of advanced features such as Vmotion, DRS, HA, etc. Honestly, I don't understand VMware's product line. There seems to be hundreds of software titles. Can someone tell me what I should be downloading from this link: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads please?

I assume that I will require license keys, but I'm almost certain that I will be able to acquire those for home lab purposes.

I will be starting with the following two files according to this resource: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/sm...ualization-by-creating-a-vsphere-55-home-lab/
Code: 
VMware-vcops-5.8.0.0-1448123-vapp.ova
VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0-1331820.x86_64.iso
 
You need a license for ESXi in order to use those features, so you just need to download ESXi again and you'll receive a 60-day license file.

Then the VMvisor file is vCenter, which is what you need to configure distributed services such as DRS, HA, etc.

vCops is optional.
 
Go here:

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_5

Click ESXi - that's the bare metal hypervisor where all virtual machines will reside - https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=ESXI550&productId=353&rPId=5008

Click vCenter Server - that's the central management application that is kind of the jumping off point for all other VMware enterprise applications (they all hook back to vCenter by some method). - https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VC550B&productId=353&rPId=5008 . If you want 'simplistic', get the VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0b Appliance - its a simple SuSE Linux system (yay - no windows licensing!) with vCenter Server already pre-configured that you can just deploy to an ESXi host
 
Thuleman said:
You need a license for ESXi in order to use those features, so you just need to download ESXi again and you'll receive a 60-day license file.

Then the VMvisor file is vCenter, which is what you need to configure distributed services such as DRS, HA, etc.

vCops is optional.
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vmvisor is the esxi installer.

You want vim-setup, or the VCSA ova.
 
Not just any license..with the features you listed you need at least Enterprise, per CPU..after the 60 day trial unless you're up for a reinstall.
 
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