Comments on: Vmware ESX 3i for free! http://invurted.com/vmware-esx-3i-for-free/ With great virtualisation comes great responsibility! Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason http://invurted.com/vmware-esx-3i-for-free/#comment-390 Jason Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:17:23 +0000 http://invurted.com/?p=93#comment-390 Perhaps there is a misunderstanding on targeted use ;) To quote VMWare's doco again: After you complete initial setup of your host machine, you can install the software needed to manage ESX Server 3i. For your first evaluation experience, you will install the VI Client to manage a single host. So, at the least, it would seem that the hypervisor won't expire, and you're not REALLY forced to use VirtualCenter -- if you want to run/manage a single host. For a single, physical server, this seems like something nice, without any 60 day threats and whatnot... Perhaps there is a misunderstanding on targeted use ;)

To quote VMWare’s doco again:

After you complete initial setup of your host machine, you can install the software
needed to manage ESX Server 3i. For your first evaluation experience, you will install
the VI Client to manage a single host.

So, at the least, it would seem that the hypervisor won’t expire, and you’re not REALLY forced to use VirtualCenter — if you want to run/manage a single host.

For a single, physical server, this seems like something nice, without any 60 day threats and whatnot…

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