We're deploying VI3 to an HP c-Class blade enclosure & SAN with the intention of (initially) deploying onto two full-height blades, and have 6 half-height blades for Exchange & Citrix etc.
I was wondering if it is feasible to create a couple of ESX installs to boot-from-SAN storage on the half-height blades so that, should one of the full-heights fail, we could "re-deploy" a half-height temporarily simply by booting it from the SAN image previously created.
From what I have read of the licensing, when using a licensing server licenses are pulled from & returned to the "pool" as each ESX box starts / stops. In theory then, I should be able to start another box in its place, yes?
Clarification would be appreciated...
Regards,
Paul
