May 17, 2017 - Costs include a one-time license fee and a yearly renewable Support. VMware ESXi is also freely available under the name VMware.
The full version of vSphere has many more functions, but if you do not have two ESXi servers and a SAN, you will not be able to use them! VMware vSphere vCenter Server is a Management Server, which logs, events, health, performance, create templates, deploy templates, manage multiple Hosts from a single interface, manage from a Web Interface. Single ESXi Host is like Managing VMs with VMware Workstation you can also connect to ESXi using VMware Workstation GUI.in v10 at least. VMware vSphere Availability Features VMware vMotion - Migrate Virtual Machines with Zero Downtime VMware vMotion Product Brief VMware High Availability - Decrease Downtime and Reduce Risk VMware High Availability (HA) Product Briefs VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) - Dynamic Resource Balancing VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Product Briefs VMware Fault Tolerance - Deliver 24 X 7 Availability VMware Fault Tolerance Product Brief VMware vSphere Availability Guide ESX 4.1vSphere.
VSphere 6.5 has been released and as known from previous versions, VMware provides a free version of their Hypervisor ESXi for everyone again. The license key can be created for free at VMwares website. It has no expiration date. The binaries you will receive as 'Free Hypervisor' are 100% identical to the paid version. Limitations. No support.
Free ESXi cannot be added to a vCenter Server. 2 physical CPUs. Unlimited cores per CPU. Unlimited physical Memory. max. 8 vCPU per VM.
Go to. Login or create an account. Register for ESXi (Enter some personal information) After registration, you will receive a unique license key and access to the binaries. If you already have an ESXi 6.0 license key, you don't need to sign up for a new key.
Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.5 - Binaries. Install ESXi to your Hardware. Login as root with the Embedded Host Client (. Navigate to Manage - Licensing. Click Assign license and enter your license key.