> Do you mean vSphere Essentials ($995)? My understanding is that vSphere > Essentials *Plus* ($2995) is required to get the backup capabilities.
Shucks, yeah, I may have meant the vSphere Fundamentals. Let me look into my notes and some VMware resources, then get back to you (and the ProFox group). I hope our ProFox associates do not mind this [NF] VMware thread. I feel it is what will be giving me a significant cost advantage with a commercial client I just picked up. The more I can leverage my machinery (properly configured with enough CPU cores and RAM, etc.) the less overall cost I incur. With 400+ dealerships to deal with before summer is over, where each PC can handle 10 - 15 stores, it is imperitive I get as dense a collection of solid performing, easy to maintain, virtual machines running on as few VMware servers as I can. With VMware Workstation and VMware Server 2 I was able to get 3 concurrent PCs running before hitting a performance wall (brick wall at that), for a density of 10 - 15 stores per guest OS. So far it looks like I may just be able to get at least 5 guest OS machines running under ESXi on a Dell t3400 Precision machine with dual P4 and 8Gb RAM. I have a 2nd Precision t3400 built the same way (currently running Ubuntu Server 64 bit), and a new Dell 840 PowerEdge Server just waiting in the wings to get lit up on ESXi if it proves out. With a quad core, or even dual quad core, machine I can get very dense packaging. My next server is going to kick ass! Oh, my guest Win2k Pro virtual machines are configured as single core 1Gb RAM machines with 2 virtual hard drives pointing to 2 separate physical HDDs on the ESXi Server. The primary boot drive is where VFP runs from, of course. The 2nd HDD is where the database files are located. In my case I am uploading a bunch of .csv files in response to queries picked up by the guest OS machines, so the need to have a networked drive housing the VFP database files is not needed, and as a result I get local disk bandwidth - really fast. Each virtual machines is pretty much self contained, and only communicated with the outside world to grab input files for translations, and output resultant .csv files on an automated basis. Too cool... Okay, on with some research for you (and me, as it will help me get a better handle on all this stuff). Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Malcolm Greene > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 8:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] Suggestions on how to automate VM Server client > backups? > > Hi Gil, > > Thanks for the detailed response - very much appreciated! > > > ESXi package with their Fundamentals ($995) level includes guest > machine backups. > > I googled for this product packaging and couldn't find any products > called "ESXi Fundamentals". > > Do you mean vSphere Essentials ($995)? My understanding is that vSphere > Essentials *Plus* ($2995) is required to get the backup capabilities. > > Regards, > Malcolm > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
