+1 for Proxmox. Hyper-V is a close 2nd. XCP-ng is a name I am hearing more from. I will be testing them in the coming weeks from my labs.
Thanks, Michael Irvine | Network Lead Great Computer Solutions O: 847-763-0763<tel:847-763-0763> | M: 224-435-6331<tel:224-435-6331> E: m...@greatsys.com<mailto:m...@greatsys.com> W: www.greatsys.com<http://www.greatsys.com> A: 5152 Main St, Skokie, IL 60077 Meet: Schedule a call with me<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/gcsconsult...@greatsys.com/bookings/> [cid:image001.png@01DA8F50.481E6C80] "Empowering Your Business Through Technology" From: mailop <mailop-boun...@mailop.org> On Behalf Of Richard Laager via mailop Sent: Monday, April 15, 2024 4:06 PM To: mailop@mailop.org Subject: Re: [mailop] Off-Topic - VMWare ESXI 7.0 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click any links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. On 2024-04-15 15:40, Kevin A. McGrail via mailop wrote: We have four servers where we can't retrieve our free ESXi VMWare license after Broadcom shut things down and they are in evaluation mode for about 30 more days. Does any one have any advice? Is there a product we can buy? Is there an alternative you've been switching over to using? Anyone have a spare license we can use? Install Linux on the bare metal. Then: Proxmox is popular. I believe it has a web interface. or libvirt + virt-manager (assuming your management computer runs Linux with a GUI). I use this in production. The transition might be a bit tricky depending on where the data is stored. Assuming it's local, you're going to need to copy the VM disk images off in some fashion before you reformat. If you have the resources, the safest would be to move VMs off one server to the other three to free up one server, then reformat that server, then move VMs from one of the other three to it, then repeat. Note that the emulated hardware will be slightly different too, which will take some tweaking. If the guests are Linux, that's probably pretty straightforward. If they are Windows, it might be more unhappy (e.g. triggering a need for re-activation). -- Richard
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