System Center Virtual Machine Manager can manage both your VMWare and Hyper-V hosts...
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh546770.aspx - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610610.aspx And there are backup solutions which are pointed at your HyperV host and will backup all the guests, yes. * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Paul Hutchings <[email protected]>wrote: > I didn't think you could point Veeam (or whatever HyperV aware backup > app you're using) to a single entity like you can vCenter and have it > backup every VM that's in your cluster? If you can that's great to know as > I always wondered how it coped with doing incremental backups of a VM when > it's been moved between hosts if it addresses each host individually. > > On the domain point, so can you have several Hyper-V hosts that aren't > domain members but still manage them as a single entity/cluster? Basically > what's the Hyper-V equivalent of a vCenter server? > > Like I said I haven't used it but I thought those were both things about > it that didn't seem quite as "polished" as VMware? > ------------------------------ > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [[email protected]] > *Sent:* 16 April 2012 4:55 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > *>> Single "thing" to point backups at - I believe you have to backup > Hyper-V boxes individually? > * > No, you don't have to back them up individually. Lots of 3rd party > options here. > > > *>> No dependency on the domain being present which can put you in a > "fun" situation if you have to power everything off and on again. > * > Your Hyper-V server need not be a domain member. > > > ** > > *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Paul Hutchings < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I've only used VMware so I'm more than happy to be corrected here, but in >> no particular order: >> >> Single ISO takes you from bare metal to working server. >> No third party drivers needed for things like MPIO and NIC teaming. >> Single management tool. >> Single management server (vCenter) gives visibility to your entire VMware >> infrastructure. >> Single "thing" to point backups at - I believe you have to backup Hyper-V >> boxes individually? >> No dependency on the domain being present which can put you in a "fun" >> situation if you have to power everything off and on again. >> >> Outside of usability you then have: >> >> Pretty much any virtual appliance you care to name will come natively in >> VMDK/OVF format >> Tons of vCenter add-ins >> >> I'm very interested in Hyper-V with Windows Server 8 and for us the >> timing falls nicely with our SAN and server refresh, but honestly the only >> reason I can see for looking at moving would be license costs - VMware >> works out expensive if you have more than a few hosts and want more than >> the basics. >> ________________________________________ >> From: John Hornbuckle [[email protected]] >> Sent: 16 April 2012 3:39 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! >> >> Is the consensus that VMware is easier to use than Hyper-V? >> >> I've only used the latter, so I can't judge. >> >> >> >> John >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 9:36 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! >> >> I'd assume ease of use and market leader. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 16 April 2012 14:16 >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! >> >> Someone else asked about this, but I didn't see a reply (although Postini >> frequently blocks messages from this list)... What factors led to you >> choosing VMware over Hyper-V? >> >> >> >> John Hornbuckle, MSMIS, PMP >> MIS Department >> Taylor County School District >> www.taylor.k12.fl.us >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: David Mazzaccaro >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 >> 08:38:47 -0700 >> Subject: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! >> >> >> > Just got the ok to move forward with VMware/Citrix/Domain upgrade. >> > I have 10 physical servers, and it looks like this will be the >> solution: >> > >> > 3 hosts: ($21k each) >> > HP DL380 G7 E5660 >> > Pair of 146 15k drives mirrored >> > 196 G RAM <- this was $45k alone >> > Quad port gig adapter >> > >> > 2 Switches: ($1,800 each) >> > HP 2910 >> > >> > 1 SAN ($22,700) >> > NetApp 2240 >> > 12 x 600GB >> > >> > VSphere Essentials Plus ($5,200) >> > >> > 6 Windows licenses ($13,600): >> > Server 2008 Datacenter >> > >> > Windows/Xenapp licenses ($26,000) >> > >> > $40k services >> > Install/config SAN, switches, hosts, VMware, new Citrix farm, 2008 >> > Domain upgrade, P2V existing servers >> > >> > Total: $185,000 >> > >> > Sound good? >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
