Ya, neither do I at home with my ESXi boxen.... just here at work. So the moves are offline, but still pretty slick to "upgrade" a server just by copying the file over to another ESXi host.
I wish I had some 64bit servers at home to play with ESXi v4... :( -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, > XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... > > 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-Enterpr������~ > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > ~ 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/>���~ > > ~ 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/> ~
