hcronin
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FYI,

Based on my experience with VMware you don't automatically get Vmotion and the backup feature with the new virtual console, vCenter. VI3 is the full infrastructure suite and it includes the virtual console, Vmotion, HA (High Availability) and Backup features. Shortly after releasing the free ESXi hypervisor and the new virtual console replacement vCenter, VMware began to offer a more ala-cart approach to licensing features like Vmotion, HA and backup. Then depending on the version of VI3 your using, you may not get the latest version of the virtual console vCenter. Aren't licensing issues fun to figure out !!! (lol)

I would however, like to know the final BIOS configuration for your SATA drives if it's not too much trouble. I've already got VM support enabled within the BIOS, as this has become a fairly standard BIOS setting when implementing either VMware, ZEN or Hyper-V. If I can get ESXi working with these specific motherboards my current customer will be ecstatic because it will be able to recycle several test and development servers into production VM hosts. Allowing me to complete this virtualization project WELL below budget. So any additional help will be greatly appreciated.

HCronin

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