Certainly true, but Kurt said: "> >> 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."
Notice he said "if" you have to move VM's between machines. If you are running ESXi without shared storage, then indeed you must do that. Given the OP's migration from VMWare Server 1.0 (which doesn't imply shared storage either), then there's a decent likelihood that Kurt's point is a good one to keep in mind... -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:32 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, > XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... > > 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
