On 29 July 2010 01:39, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:59:33 +0100 > Michal <[email protected]> wrote: >> Apart from ESXi is free but the management isn't...you need vSphere to >> manage the thing. This seams like a very expensive way to learn an > > Just a note: > You don't need vSphere for this setup; only if you have to manage a > couple of vmware servers (= real hardware) you would need it. > In the free version you have to manage each vmware host (not virtual > machine) manually through a web interface, which unfortunately only > runs under Windows... > So, yes, you can run this at without any vmWare licence cost.
You can still use the vSphere Client and point it to the ESXi server, instead of a vSphere server. In fact, from the free ESXi web interface you can download the vSphere client to use in that fashion. Shane
