Virtualization Redemption?
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My thought is to use something like Appassure or any backup product that will not only backup the VMs but also push the VM in a ready to start state to another VM host, i.e. his host at the remote DC.
Sure he'd lose whatever new data was made since the last backup, but the amount of downtime would be minimal. The old server dies, he simply starts up the VM on the remote VM Host.
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XenServer also has a fully free solution which is all inclusive, which also doesn't require shared storage.
And again, this doesn't provide any help to the OP.
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@anonymous said:
One year of VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit is $5,439.00
Hyper V is free, and doesn't requested shared storage.
Do any of the big vendor require shared storage? I don't think so but I'm probably wrong. Last I saw Xen, Hyper-V, and VMWare can do shared nothing replication.
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@Dashrender said:
My thought is to use something like Appassure or any backup product that will not only backup the VMs but also push the VM in a ready to start state to another VM host, i.e. his host at the remote DC.
Sure he'd lose whatever new data was made since the last backup, but the amount of downtime would be minimal. The old server dies, he simply starts up the VM on the remote VM Host.
Right but that won't work with ESXi Free.
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@anonymous said:
One year of VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit is $5,439.00
Hyper V is free, and doesn't require shared storage.
The client would only have to become licensed once at the very least to have the rights to use HA.
But, as each host has 2 sockets this is going to be a rough sell.
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Not to mention all the Microsoft licensing costs..... Everyone of the VM's now needs SA.
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The VM's should already be properly licensed. SA isn't a requirement as far as I'm aware.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
My thought is to use something like Appassure or any backup product that will not only backup the VMs but also push the VM in a ready to start state to another VM host, i.e. his host at the remote DC.
Sure he'd lose whatever new data was made since the last backup, but the amount of downtime would be minimal. The old server dies, he simply starts up the VM on the remote VM Host.
Right but that won't work with ESXi Free.
Of course not, moving to Hyper-V or finding a solution that works in Xen would be required.... or he could buy ESXi - but that seems like a waste of money to me.. even if it is only $600 - I suppose the time spent converting could be higher than $600, so that might be one reason to keep ESXi in the short term.
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@anonymous said:
Not to mention all the Microsoft licensing costs..... Everyone of the VM's now needs SA.
Can you get a source on this. I haven't seen any SA requirements for hyper-v.
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@DustinB3403 said:
The VM's should already be properly licensed. SA isn't a requirement as far as I'm aware.
You can't move the Windows Licenses except once every 90 days (legally) unless you license each machine for Windows Server Datacenter edition.
I don't think SA gives you the right to move a VM between hosts.
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@Dashrender said:
@DustinB3403 said:
The VM's should already be properly licensed. SA isn't a requirement as far as I'm aware.
You can't move the Windows Licenses except once every 90 days (legally) unless you license each machine for Windows Server Datacenter edition.
I don't think SA gives you the right to move a VM between hosts.
Does this also count for HA (On any platform?)
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@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
My thought is to use something like Appassure or any backup product that will not only backup the VMs but also push the VM in a ready to start state to another VM host, i.e. his host at the remote DC.
Sure he'd lose whatever new data was made since the last backup, but the amount of downtime would be minimal. The old server dies, he simply starts up the VM on the remote VM Host.
Right but that won't work with ESXi Free.
Of course not, moving to Hyper-V or finding a solution that works in Xen would be required.... or he could buy ESXi - but that seems like a waste of money to me.. even if it is only $600 - I suppose the time spent converting could be higher than $600, so that might be one reason to keep ESXi in the short term.
My assumption was that @hubtechagain couldn't change hypervisors as he is stuck with what was provided. I'm not sure though.
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And if SA doesn't grant that right, is it already included, or is it required that you pay Microsoft for a different license?
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SA does give you the right to move VM from Host to Host!
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@DustinB3403 said:
@Dashrender said:
@DustinB3403 said:
The VM's should already be properly licensed. SA isn't a requirement as far as I'm aware.
You can't move the Windows Licenses except once every 90 days (legally) unless you license each machine for Windows Server Datacenter edition.
I don't think SA gives you the right to move a VM between hosts.
Does this also count for HA (On any platform?)
Yes.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
My thought is to use something like Appassure or any backup product that will not only backup the VMs but also push the VM in a ready to start state to another VM host, i.e. his host at the remote DC.
Sure he'd lose whatever new data was made since the last backup, but the amount of downtime would be minimal. The old server dies, he simply starts up the VM on the remote VM Host.
Right but that won't work with ESXi Free.
Of course not, moving to Hyper-V or finding a solution that works in Xen would be required.... or he could buy ESXi - but that seems like a waste of money to me.. even if it is only $600 - I suppose the time spent converting could be higher than $600, so that might be one reason to keep ESXi in the short term.
My assumption was that @hubtechagain couldn't change hypervisors as he is stuck with what was provided. I'm not sure though.
He is not stuck on any hypervisor, he can move at will.
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@anonymous said:
SA does give you the right to move VM from Host to Host!
Right, but you have the right included in all Windows Server Licenses. You can move licenses once every 90-days or in the event of hardware failure.
In general, you can reassign software licenses for server products, but not on a short-term basis (that is, not within 90 days of the last assignment). When reassigning a license, keep in mind that when you move the license from one server to another that your original server will still need to be appropriately licensed to cover all of the virtual OSEs that you may run on that server at any given time moving forward. If applicable, you can reassign licenses sooner if you retire the licensed server due to permanent hardware failure. In addition, for certain server software licenses, under certain conditions, license mobility is permitted within a server farm. For the server farm definition and more information about the server software license mobility rule, including the list of eligible server and External Connector licenses, please read the License Mobility section of this brief.
You cannot separate software to run it in more than one OSE under a single license, unless expressly permitted—even if the OSEs are on the same server.Which arguably is what we are talking about here having a DR site.
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@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
My thought is to use something like Appassure or any backup product that will not only backup the VMs but also push the VM in a ready to start state to another VM host, i.e. his host at the remote DC.
Sure he'd lose whatever new data was made since the last backup, but the amount of downtime would be minimal. The old server dies, he simply starts up the VM on the remote VM Host.
Right but that won't work with ESXi Free.
Of course not, moving to Hyper-V or finding a solution that works in Xen would be required.... or he could buy ESXi - but that seems like a waste of money to me.. even if it is only $600 - I suppose the time spent converting could be higher than $600, so that might be one reason to keep ESXi in the short term.
My assumption was that @hubtechagain couldn't change hypervisors as he is stuck with what was provided. I'm not sure though.
He is not stuck on any hypervisor, he can move at will.
Ah, if he can move away from ESXi Free then that would be a good option. Especially if he wants to use HA features.
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@anonymous said:
SA does give you the right to move VM from Host to Host!
This might be a better link
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/licensing-programs/software-assurance-license-mobility.aspx#tab=2But from my glance, I don't think this works for Windows, it appears to be for Application Servers, like Exchange and SQL, not Windows Servers.
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@coliver said:
Ah, if he can move away from ESXi Free then that would be a good option. Especially if he wants to use HA features.
Someone agrees with me?
