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VMware backtracking on vSphere Enterprise Edition phaseout

As you may have read, VMware is backtracking on its end-of-availability for vSphere Enterprise Edition, extending its availability indefinitely. Are you confused about it? Relieved? Has this announcement affected your decisionmaking process for upgrades in the future?

Answer Question   |  Oct 19 2009  6:17 PM GMT
Open IT Forum, vSphere, vSphere 4.0
asked by JennyMack

  3170 pts.

Clarrification on VSphere with vCenter

There are 3 Questions that i would like to know of . Till date , We have our ESX Servers added as part of Virtual Center through its IP address . We are planning to remove and add it using its FQDN . In this scenario , Will we be able to retain the performance data of the ESX Server and Virtual...

View Answer   |  Oct 9 2009  6:59 AM GMT
vCenter, vSphere, vCenter 4.0
asked by Sudhrsn

  5 pts.

What's the benefit of having two physical processors on a single ESX host instead of one?

According to the VMware site, at least two physical processors are needed for vSphere installation. What's the benefit of having two physical processors on a single ESX host instead of one?

View Answer   |  Sep 17 2009  2:50 PM GMT
vSphere, VMware, VMware ESX Server
asked by JennyMack

  3170 pts.

Hyper-V and SCVMM vs VMware ESX/vSphere

It seems that Microsoft has made significant strides in catching up with VMware. Besides cost, what would be the advantage of using Hyper-V and SCVMM vs ESX/vSphere infrastructure? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat held on August 27th.

asked by ITKE

  10045 pts.

Memory overhead recommended for benchmarking SQL server 2005 on vSphere

For a 'direct' physical to VM comparison of SQL server 2005, would anyone recommend giving the VM extra (say, 1.5GB) RAM to compensate for any overhead the OS needs? So a direct comparison would then be 1vCPU, 2.5GB RAM VM & SQL set to use 1GB RAM) vs. SQL on physical host set to use 1CPU and 1GB...

View Answer   |  Jul 31 2009  8:09 PM GMT
vSphere, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server memory
asked by SKrep

  5 pts.

vSphere essentials licenses cannot be downgraded to ESX equivalents

Jason Tramer pointed out on his blog today that though you can downgrade vSphere licenses to ESX 3-equivalent licenses, but vSphere essentials licenses cannot be downgraded, and you must use them with vSphere. Have you run into this issue? Will this knowledge affect any purchasing decisions in the...

View Answer   |  Jun 23 2009  8:38 PM GMT
vSphere, VMware, VMware ESX
asked by JennyMack

  3170 pts.

Free version of vSphere 4.0 like ESXi 3.5?

Is there going to be a free version of vSphere 4.0 like ESXi 3.5? Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

View Answer   |  Apr 29 2009  8:08 PM GMT
VMware vSphere, vSphere 4.0, vSphere
asked by BrentSheets

  6535 pts.

VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance

Would the fault tolerance feature in vSphere work as a disaster recovery solution? Thanks. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

View Answer   |  Apr 29 2009  8:08 PM GMT
VMware Fault Tolerance, VMware vSphere, vSphere
asked by BrentSheets

  6535 pts.

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