ESX 2.5.x in VC 2.0.2

[stevermoker]

I am working with a client which has three ESX 2.5.x hosts with no existing VirtualCenter. Will I be able to add them to a new VC 2.02 instance for the purpose of migration to new VI3 hosts using VMotion with disk relocation? Any licensing issues with adding the ESX 2.5.x hosts?

All the migrations I have done so far from ESX 2.5.x have already had an existing VC 1.x manging them.

Thanks,

[esiebert7625]

Yes, VC2 can manage ESX 2.5 server. You can also use Dmotion if the ESX3 hosts can see the ESX2 VMFS volumes if they are on shared storage.

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/releasenotes_esx302.html#compatibility

[stevermoker]

Hello,

Just to clarify my question. If I add a ESX 2.5.x host to VC2, will it use up a ESX Server VC agent license during the migration?

Thanks,

[esiebert7625]

Yes it will use up an ESX license in VC2. I just tried adding a ESX 2.5 server to my VC2 server and it said there were not enough licenses to perform the operation (mine are all in use by ESX3 servers).