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zmbutt
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Virtualization Concept throw Network

Hello Vmware guru's,

I am New to the Virtualization world, & want to learn as much as I can, I have little knowledge about Virtualization.

I want to build the conceptual design of Virtualization with four  of my experimental Servers, but would like to know what tools do I  required, after little research, I got VMware vSphere Hypervisor which  can configure the Virtual environment for one server, but that is not  what i want,
here is a concept,

Physical Servers are all connected throw out gigabit LAN.

http://i.minus.com/igFvXmuP9MJ9W.jpg

I want all of them to be configured as One Virtual Server or at least  they can share the resources (with of course limitations of physics)
as shown below,

http://i.minus.com/imPxxr0tz7MMK.jpg

So that, I can create as many Virtual Servers as many i want and distribute the resources among them.

http://i.minus.com/iALMX12MAMBlr.jpg

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michaelstump
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You'll want to look into vCenter: http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-server/overview.html. You're on the right track with the hypervisor, but to create your pooled resources you need vCenter to create a cluster. You'll have more specific questions once you read about vCenter, and that will help people provide the information you're looking for.

mike

Data Center Virtualization with VMware - theeagerzero.blogspot.com
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vmroyale
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zmbutt
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Thanks, so vCenter basically create the Clusters, but unfortunatelly there's no trial version of vCenter server, is there any alternative to it, I think VMware is the only company which provide complete Virtualization solution from A to Z.

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michaelstump
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If you download and install vCenter without a license key, it should run for 60 days and give you access to all of the features.

mike

Data Center Virtualization with VMware - theeagerzero.blogspot.com
zmbutt
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Thanks, I didn't know that.

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jawadqazi
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Well in this case the major thing we are missing here is the Storage, if you need vMotion, HA, DRS features we might also need shared storage such as SAN/NAS.

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zmbutt
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isn't datacenter is the feature of vCenter or its separate feature ? like you mention "vMotion, HA, DRS" ?

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jawadqazi
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Definetely DataCenter is a part of vCenter, you will not be able to create a datacenter unless you have vCenter. Creation of Datacenter is essential for creating a cluster and adding ESX hosts to the cluster. And all this can happen only if vCenter is available. Also the obvious reason to create a cluster is to acheive the major features like vmotion, HA, DRS. Storing the VMs on a local storage of the host cannot allow you in acheiving these.

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