Re: ESXi as an appliance

continuum · ‎10-13-2008

Can't find the Virtual Appliance Marketplace anymore ???? - so I ask here ...

Is it legal to create a ESXi appliance and distribute it ?

Of course the VM would be license-less.

I need a small ESXi VM for LiveCD-usage - I already created one ripped down to the bare essentials - it is about 45 MB large now.

For LiveCD or other demo-use you do not need vmware-viclient.exe and all the isos embedded.

Ulli

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I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...

Texiwill · ‎10-14-2008

Hello,

Not being an attorney I can only give what I think the answer will be... and that would be no. However, read the EULA carefully you may be able to do so. But my reading of it says it is not possible without permission from VMware.

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Edward L. Haletky

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continuum · ‎10-14-2008

Best way would be if VMware offers such a VM themselves ...

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VMware-liveCD:

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Do you need support with a VMFS recovery problem ? - send a message via skype "sanbarrow"
I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...

continuum · ‎12-03-2008

http://sanbarrow.com/moa24/files/esxi_35.zip

4 kb download - just edit path to your ISO and go

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description of vmx-parameters:

VMware-liveCD:

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Do you need support with a VMFS recovery problem ? - send a message via skype "sanbarrow"
I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...

K-MaC · ‎12-03-2008

Hello continuum. Further to what Texiwill said sometime in the last few weeks someone asked if they could package VMware Server with something they were releasing. The reply from a VMware employee was that you could not even though it was licensed for free. I tried to find the thread for you but the sites search function is not working currently... surprise surpriseX-( . Anyways I am not sure if it applies here or not. However, I think it is a similar situation.

If/when search starts working for me i'll update this thread with the link for you.

BTW keep up the good work your doing with MOA.

Cheers

Kevin

Cheers Kevin

K-MaC · ‎12-03-2008

So search finally decided to start working for me and I've found that thread I was refering to. The reply is from and is about 1/2 the way down the post. Hope this helps to answer your question.

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1109641#1109641

Cheers

Kevin

Cheers Kevin

JMills · ‎12-03-2008

Hello,
Not being an attorney I can only give what I think the answer will be... and that would be no.
However, read the EULA carefully you may be able to do so. But my reading of it says it is
not possible without permission from VMware.
Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky

That is correct, there is no provision in the current EULA for ESXi (of any variety) to allow for end-consumer redistribution.

We're still ironing out what is required to get redistribution implemented in a scalable manner.

continuum · ‎12-04-2008

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We're still ironing out what is required to get redistribution implemented in a scalable manner.

That sounds pretty complicated - JMills - do you know anyone at VMware that I could directly contact via email to talk about redistribution of some files ... ?

Ulli

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description of vmx-parameters:

VMware-liveCD:

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Do you need support with a VMFS recovery problem ? - send a message via skype "sanbarrow"
I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...

JMills · ‎12-05-2008

We're still ironing out what is required to get redistribution implemented in a scalable manner.
That sounds pretty complicated - JMills - do you know anyone at VMware that I could
directly contact via email to talk about redistribution of some files ... ?
Ulli

Ulli -- Quite likely yes. Drop me an email (my userid at VMware.com) with a description of what files you'd like to redistribute and I'll hunt down the appropriate person.

dconvery · ‎12-05-2008

Just to pipe in as MOA user... If it helps Ulli's case in any way, whatever his plans for an ESXi package is, I am sure it is a noble cause and will be extremely useful to the community.

Dave

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continuum · ‎12-07-2008

Jason - thanks a lot for your offer to help - an email is on the way.

Dave - my case is your case :smileygrin: - when I ask for redistribution of files the only purpose is to make creating a MOA-LiveCD easier for you guys

Ulli

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description of vmx-parameters:

VMware-liveCD:

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Do you need support with a VMFS recovery problem ? - send a message via skype "sanbarrow"
I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...

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