My current employer uses VMWare…..and fortunately someone else deals with the licensing crap.
I would still use Proxmox if I was the one writing the checks. Even if I wasn’t writing the checks, if I was still trying to be a one-man band I’d pick Proxmox just for the simplicity of it. Untangling licensing stuff is not something I want to spend time on. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark - Myakka Technologies Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 10:25 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VMware question Steven, I had this issue years and years ago with Vmware. I really hate these companies that make licenses over complicated. The essentials if fine for now. I don't think I'll need more than 3 servers. The extra server I was adding, is just a small network appliance running a mikrotik CHR and a speedtest server. Not a mission critical system, so no big deal if it is not linked into vCenter. Found a stand alone license for it. -- Best regards, Mark mailto:[email protected] Myakka Communications www.Myakka.com <https://www.Myakka.com> ------ Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 9:10:30 AM, you wrote: Always funny seeing others dealing with Vmware with buyers remorse. I was in your spot. I HATE Vmware on their business and licensing side. It is why I dumped them. They made things so complicated and absurd they screwed themselves out of the continuation of our support and service contract. Nothing but headaches, overpayment and lack of flexibility. They screw the little guys full bore. I went through this - You need to swap to Vmware "standard" (at minimum) licenses and ante up much more to separate into vcenter and individual licenses and add them as you add servers. Per processor etc price will go up. On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 12:41 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I bought vSphere 7 essentials a few months ago. Have it all setup. Have 3 host licensed. I just spun up a 4th host. I can not figure out how to get a license for a single host to add to vCenter. All I keep finding is the bundles. -- Thanks, Mark mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Myakka Communications www.Myakka.com <http://www.Myakka.com> -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY This communication, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) to this email and is confidential. If you are not an intended recipient or acting on behalf of an intended recipient, any review, disclosure, conversion to hard copy, dissemination, reproduction or other use of any part of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you receive this communication in error or without authorization, please notify the originator immediately and remove it from your system.
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