I know this is totally off topic now, but how are you feeling about their support contracts. (ProxMox) I’m honestly playing around with the OS, as we are running VMWare 8.x perpetual now, and slated to migrate off. I barely used TAC on VMWare maybe 3 times in 12 years, but having that option on production is required.
> On Apr 15, 2024, at 5:18 PM, Barnabas Toth via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> > wrote: > > Proxmox has 'New Import Wizard Available for Migrating VMware ESXi Based > Virtual Machines' see > https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/new-import-wizard-available-for-migrating-vmware-esxi-based-virtual-machines.144023/. > > Best Regards, > > Barnabas Toth | webmas...@speckz.com <mailto:webmas...@speckz.com> > Bio, Portfolio, Resume, and Services @ https://speckz.com > <https://speckz.com/>Pronouns: he/him/his > <https://speckz.com/> > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM Richard Laager via mailop <mailop@mailop.org > <mailto:mailop@mailop.org>> wrote: >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> mailop mailing list >> mailop@mailop.org <mailto:mailop@mailop.org> >> https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
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