Free EsxI - use with SAN

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• Free ESXi using more a carrot?

  I use free ESXi on a server with a Dual Core processor.  When I apply the serial number, features licensed watch I am licensed to 1 CPU.  If my server has 1 processor Dual Core - ESXi uses the two hearts?

  Yes. VMware licenses are per-socket not by heart.

  Duncan

  VMware communities user moderator

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• VCenter Server (standard) useful with ESXi is free?

  Trying to decide what, if anything, to actually buy VMware.  The free ESXi product license is... enough.  I would really like to central management, backup or read/write capabilities with rcli (piracy without installation - I think I said that correctly).

  My question is this.  There is a VERY big jump in $$$ of the products beforehand essentials range or better (I think that the Standard line is unnecessary).  I currently have 5 VMware servers (2 under Server Linux 2.0 on server newish hardware, each, 2 ESXi 4 server about 4 VM running on old jobs as each House a unique VM (due to higher disk IO) and ESXi 3.5 server running on 32-bit with 1 VM hardware).

  In any case - with a mixture of mission critical production VM and VM little criticism that don't necessary not to live on a San and puff SAN bandwidth, I'm not sure I want to limit myself to 3 physical machines.  It would be probably enough for the next 5 to 10 years, but it would affect my SAN strategies and I have to buy at least 1 or 2 new costly servers.

  So I thought that maybe just get the vCenter Server for centralized management would work.  I always have 2 or 3 more enjoyable new servers ESXi 4 on the San with mission critical servers, while continuing to have 2-3 of older machines with individual local readers VM (I like to keep virtual for purposes of disaster recovery for) running.

  I can't find any information on knowledge if it would work, and it would offer benefits etc..

  You cannot add free ESXi to vCenter. Adding a host requires the inside the host vCenter Agent license.

  Sorry about that.

  Marcelo Soares

  VMWare Certified Professional 310/410

  Master virtualization technology

  Globant Argentina

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• Can I use SE Sparse files in 5.1 free ESXi?

  Can I use SE Sparse files in 5.1 free ESXi?  I want to use in order to avoid the current process to clean thin VMDK.  I read the article of Hogan vSphere 5.1 storage improvements - part 2: rare discs SE and it seems to indicate that it is only for the desktop view.  Here is How to create a floppy SE Sparse (footprint) in vSphere 5.1 shows it is possible, but speaks only the Web Client, which, from what I can tell, is not available for ESXi and have vCenter Server, which is not free.  If I'm missing something here, please let me know.

  Thank you!

  Sparse disk feature is not limited and should work fine in free ESXi, however the only supported way to use it is with VMware View.

  There is no way to support (or simple) use SE Sparse without view at present.

  Linjo

• Make pseudo migration cold with free ESXi 3.5 VI Client?

  Even if I used VMware products for years (Workstation, Server), I'm still pretty new to ESXi.  I started using the free ESXi with the idea to be able to live migration between ESXi hosts.  However, I then discovered that you can't do vMotion with free stuff.  No biggie; I probably don't need it anyway.  All I really need is the ability to move virtual machines between ESXi hosts.  I'd settle for migration cold.  However, after reading the article on migration in the basic manual Admin, it seems I have to use Virtual Center to be able to do.  Am I wrong?  And I'll take it, Virtual Center is not a free download.

  But do I really need to Virtual Center to move virtual machines between ESXi hosts?  It seems to me that I could just use VI client to do a migration of the nickname 'cold '.  Is there something wrong with the following scenario:

  1. all VM files are kept on a central NFS server.

  2. I stopped the VM on HostA.

  3. Add the virtual machine to host b inventory.

  4 remove the virtual machine from the inventory of the HostA.

  5. I turn the VMS on host b.

  Of course, this is not automatic and not stupid, but it's free so I can't complain.

  Thanks in advance for any information or advice you can give me.

  No, and that's all a 'cold' vmotion is anyway...

  Take a look at this http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9400 (ghettoQuickMigrate.sh) (free vmotion)

• Get-Stat and StatType Get with a free ESXi host

  I used the Get-StatType cmdlet to get a list of the values that I can get a free ESXi host and got a long list of values, I can get by using the cmdlet Get-Stat.

  Where can I get an explanation of the meaning of each value I can get?

  Concerning

  Marius

  Under the PerformanceManager in the SDK Reference documentation.

  And you can find a lot of info in VMTN communities and on several blogs (do a Google search)

• Impossible to use 5.5 free ESXi?

  Hi guys,.

  I have a question. I want to use ESXi 5.5 my free license. I downloaded the installer and install it on my server. But whenever I want to connect via vSphere, I get a message that I left the 60 days for the activation of ESXi, otherwise it will not work.

  How can I use my license key, so that my server can work more than 60 days?

  Best regards!

  Hello

  It is a normal behavior.

  Now you use a license in evaluation mode (all features enabled).

  When the 60-day trial period is over, all licensed features will be disabled, and certain tasks (for example on and off the virtual machines power) will not be allowed.

  Then, you change the evaluation by a license license free esxi, before the 60-day evaluation period expires.

  Check this box to get information on this topic:

  Documentation Centre of vSphere 5.5

  Documentation Centre of vSphere 5.5

  Best regards

  Pablo

• What is the most trouble free Mac OS to use with the collection master CS6? (not CC)

  What is the most trouble free Mac OS to use with the collection master CS6? (not CC)

  Unless 10.10 has features you really need, a restore is logical. It's a pain, but if you can't do the job, this is what is needed.

  Roll back MacOS is outside these forums, but I don't know that apple Support you can get to the right help. That's all I can say.

  Gene

• Free Zemana key for use with Windows 10

  Is antilogger key free software available for use with Windows 10?  If there is, everyone uses it?  If there is more than one, what works best?

  Hi JOE53,

  Thanks for the information.

  p4445

• Impossible to update ESXi 4 with 1 day using the update utility

  Running VMware ESXi 4.0.0 build-175625 (according to the update utility.)  Host for patches of scanning States that "the host is updated" can't day host at all.

  https://www.VMware.com/tryvmware/p/download.php?p=free-ESXi&LP=1

  This should take you to the free downloads.  Everything you need is there.

  LB

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• Edition free ESXi - limits

  Anyone can answer the questions following pls.

  1. is there a detailed comparison of the differences between esxi and esxi free.

  2 can esxi free shared use of storage as a San or vmfs data warehouses must be on the local disks.

  3. If I use storage san to VMFS - y at - it no problem with sharing this data with other servers store free esxi or the data store cannot access by a host single esxi.

  Thank you.

  1 ESX ESXi vs

  2. Yes, you can.

  3. is not a problem.

  StarWind Software R & D

• Nested Vrsion Eval of ESXi 5.5 free ESXi

  OK, I'm playing with the advanced features of ESXi and I want to install a nested eval version of 5.5 ESXi in my free version of ESXi 5.5. Do a little research, I did the following:

  • Install VMware ESXi 5 on a physical host and configure networks, storage and other aspects as needed (already have this race successfully with other virtual machines running)
  • Configure a vSwitch or port group for the active Mode Promiscuous
  • Log Mode of Tech Support (ssh or ILO) and do the following to activate tweak nested 64-bit clients

    echo 'vhv.allow = "TRUE"' >> /etc/vmware/config

  In addition, I went to the tab my 5.5 ESXi VM options and is went to the CPU/MMU virtualization and tried both using Intel VT - x settings when I installed. In both cases, I received a warning when installing ESXi that she would not support 64-bit virtual servers. When I pressed forward in any case, I wasn't able to create a computer virtual using Windows 2008 R2 64-bit.

  So my questions are:

  -J' read somewhere that you may not be able use nested virtualization with the free version of ESXi. Is - this true/not true?

  -If you can make nested virtualization with free ESXi then what am I doing wrong? What are the settings to make it work. I wonder if I'm missing something.

  Thank you

  Steve

  SteveG40 wrote:

  • echo 'vhv.allow = "TRUE"' >> /etc/vmware/config
    

  This parameter is required for ESX 5.0.  It is no longer necessary.

  -J' read somewhere that you may not be able use nested virtualization with the free version of ESXi. Is - this true/not true?

  Not true.

  -If you can make nested virtualization with free ESXi then what am I doing wrong? What are the settings to make it work. I wonder if I'm missing something.

  See https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc%2FGUID-2A98801C-68E8-47AF-99ED-00C63E4857F6.html for instructions on exposure of hardware virtualization has helped prompt by using the web client, or simply change the configuration of your ESX VM file and add:

  VHV. Enable = TRUE

• vCenter Trial - add free ESXi existing Datacenter

  I've been running three hosts with the free version of ESXi. We try to evaluate licenses paid to get additional features (vMotion, etc.). I imported the virtual appliance for the server vCenter without any problem. Now I try to add my existing hosts in the data center, which I created in vCenter. When I do this, I get an error "download the file 10.161.30.3 to vCenter License Server failed because the exception: vim.fault.HostConnectFault". Is it not possible to add existing free ESXi hosts to vCenter trial?

  Cannot add ESXi hosts permitted by the hypervisor free license to vCenter Server. If the hosts 60-day evaluation period have not been achieved, we can use it in trial mode. Apart from this you can ask for the keys to the assessment of your VMware reseller representative.

  André

• What are the free ESXi / 5.1 vsphere Hypervisor hardware required / restrictions?

  Situation: I'm going to update a few web servers where I am currently under the free version of ESXi/vSphere 4.0.  When 5.0 was released, I decided to not look at new versions of VMware because of the restriction of vRAM and either run an earlier version or something.  I came across a post that says 5.1 license was different and stopped by the page 5.1 and read this http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere-hypervisor/requirements.html who actually reads differently.

  Questions: am I correct in my understanding of the restrictions for 5.1 are:

  1. 32 GB max RAM PHYSICS?  (It's a big change from 32GB vRAM).

  2. no limit on the number of CPUs or cores?  (This is a big change of physical processor 1 up to 6 cores max.)

  Thank you!
  

  PS: If the only real limitation is now 32 GB RAM virtual, VMware made a good shot.  I'm not the skin to VMware, so I think that physical 32 GB is perfect.  There is still only so much you can do in the 32 GB, but there is not the complexities of licensing.  The restriction of vRAM was impassable.  Server purchase is unnecessarily complicated by restrictions of socket and core.  This means that I could buy a standard speed core 8 or 10 cheaper XEON or use an older multiprocessor machine instead of an expensive high-frequency 6 core with hyperthreading.

  1. 32 GB max RAM PHYSICS?  (It's a big change from 32GB vRAM).

  Yes that's right FREE esxi supports maximum 32 GB physical RAM can only

  2. no limit on the number of CPUs or cores?  (This is a big change of physical processor 1 up to 6 cores max.)

  No Yes No limit on physical CPU or cores

• Assessment vs free ESXi

  Hello... I hope you can help, because I am pulling my hair out, running around in circles trying to understand this.  I know that VMWare would like to 'sell' things, but they announce a hypervisor VSphere/ESXi 5 'free '... HOW to get the free version - or at least a key to activate/register it?

  I went to http://www.vmware.com/go/get-free-esxi/ and follow the guests (I have both connected to an account, I got back to version 3.5 AND created a new job - both with the same result), got ESXi downloaded and installed, but I get a pop-up from the client saying that my assessment has 60 days to the left and click on a link to assign a license.  On using the link, we wonder again at connection, now that I am presented with a registration page.  After completing the registration page, I gives me information on my assessment.  I don't have listed in my VMWare license keys (although I've seen initially a key when first present with my download link)... only an assessment with links on EACH page on how to 'buy' VSphere.

  How my free VSphere become only a test and evaluation?  Where can I get a free license for VSphere and how to assign a free license to my VSphere host?

  Sorry for the frustration - I would really like to test the waters to implement VMWare to our datacenter upgrade, I've heard great things on this subject, but at this point what does say that Microsoft licensing is WAY easier than VMWare?

  Thank you!

  In the vSphere client, click on the server.  Go to the Configuration tab.  Choose "Licensed Features" (to the left of the pane, under 'Software').  Click on "Edit"... "(top right of the pane).