High Availability cluster / ESXi 4.0 / Free License

[atlantisite]

Hello everybody

I have two Esxi host one 3.5 and the other 4.0 , these two hosts contains around 10 VMs and I would like to use cluster between them , I have no problem with san storage I already have it , I would like to know if Esxi 4.0 the free licensed one support cluster and what about the migration of VMs from standalone ESXi environment to Esxi Cluster ?

Thanks and Regards

[Dave_Mishchenko]

With the free edition you can share storage and register the VMs on both ESXi hosts, but you can setup a cluster. You might want to look at Essentials Plus with with you get High Availability - http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html. If you want to migrate your VMs while their powered on then you would have to look at the advance licensing level. Otherwise will Essentials or higher you would be able to use vCenter to migrate your VMs while they are powered down.




Dave

VMware Communities User Moderator

New book in town - vSphere Quick Start Guide -http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/08/12/new-book-in-town-vsphere-quick-start-guide/.

Do you have a system or PCI card working with VMDirectPath? Submit your specs to the Unofficial VMDirectPath HCL - http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21.

[jfelinski]

To set up a HA/DRS cluster you'll need a vCenter. Free ESXi boxes can't be managed without a licence to have a vcenter agent on it. You'll need at least Essentials Plus (for HA).

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