Maybe I'm misunderstanding the original question, but you don't need any sort of file transfer software to move virtuals between ESXi (and ESX) hosts that are on a SAN. Simply make the same storage available to all hosts. You can remove a virtual from inventory on one system, and add it to inventory on another. No vmotion or virtual center required.
-----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... Really? Take a look at "Veeam SCP".. .I got about the same performance as the command line, but was an easy point-n-click way to do it. Free download. If you want, I can dig up the actual SCP command I used if you wanna go that route. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:41 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, > XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... > > I had real problems getting scp to work on it. Perhaps you had better > luck with that. > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 05:48, Steven M. Caesare<[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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-Enterpris��������������������������~ > >> > > >> > > >> > >> ~ 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/> ~
