Ah - No vmotion here, either. On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 06:08, Steven M. Caesare<[email protected]> wrote: > I understand... we have a set of blades with FC storage running ESX here at > work. We VMotion live servers and move storage live all the time. > > I'm just pointing out for those just getting in to the virtualization game, > that "painful" with ESXi can be as simple as a file copy. Prior to > virtualization, that process would likely have been a nuke-and-repave.... > > -sc > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 9:08 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, >> XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... >> >> If you allow your ESX and ESXi servers to see the same storage, moving >> a virtual is as simple as removing it from inventory on one host and >> adding it on the other. >> >> I do this routinely. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:49 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, >> XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... >> >> Well, you may have to define "damned painful". >> >> With not too much effort/googling you can xfer files directly between >> ESXi hosts. >> >> I recently moved my exchange server from one ESXi host to another.. >> although it took a couple hours, it sure beat the alternatives... >> >> -sc >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:23 PM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, >> > XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... >> > >> > No to VMWare server. >> > >> > Qualified yes to ESXi - it's damned painful if you have to move VMs >> > between machines, and getting SSH running is not terribly intuitive, >> > but it's definitely doable. >> > >> > Sun has a virtualization product called VirtualBox, but I don't know >> > its licensing status or capabilities, and there's also Virtual Iron, >> > which I've heard good things about but haven't used, and also don't >> > know the licensing for. >> > >> > This is a decent place to start looking: >> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_virtualization >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 14:15, Matthew W. >> > Ross<[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Greetings, List. >> > > >> > > There are so many available Virtual Server solutions available now, >> > and it's time for us to look at moving from our current VMWare 1.0 >> > server solution. As our budget has been greatly reduced, we are >> > currently looking at the free products: >> > > >> > > VMWare Server 2.0 >> > > ESXi >> > > XenServer >> > > Hyper-V >> > > Any others I've missed. >> > > >> > > I'm wondering if anybody can vouch for or against any of these >> > products, and express any useful experiences you've had. >> > > >> > > Thanks all, >> > > >> > > >> > > --Matt Ross >> > > Ephrata School District >> > > >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprisÿ ~ >> > > >> > > >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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