Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread liddy303
I've heard rumors that there may be 'used' vmware licenses on ebay. On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 8:52 AM Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: > Steven, > > > I had this issue years and years ago with Vmware. I really hate these > companies that make licenses over complicated. The essentials if fine for

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread dmmoffett
. Untangling licensing stuff is not something I want to spend time on. From: AF On Behalf Of Mark - Myakka Technologies Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 10:25 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VMware question Steven, I had this issue years and years ago with Vmware

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
Steven, I had this issue years and years ago with Vmware. I really hate these companies that make licenses over complicated.  The essentials if fine for now.  I don't think I'll need more than 3 servers.  The extra server I was adding, is just a small network appliance running a mikrotik CHR an

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm finding proxmox enjoyable to run and either free or almost free depending on what level of support you want. On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 7:30 AM Steven Kenney via AF wrote: > Always funny seeing others dealing with Vmware with buyers remorse. I was > in your spot. I HATE Vmware on their business

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread Steven Kenney via AF
Always funny seeing others dealing with Vmware with buyers remorse. I was in your spot. I HATE Vmware on their business and licensing side. It is why I dumped them. They made things so complicated and absurd they screwed themselves out of the continuation of our support and service contract. No

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-17 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
Josh, That makes sense now.  Forgot about that limitation.  Thank you.   -- Best regards,  Mark                            mailto:m...@mailmt.com Myakka Communications www.Myakka.com -- Monday, October 17, 2022, 12:43:33 PM, you wrote: > Essentials *only* provides licensing for 3 hosts.  I

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-17 Thread Josh Baird
Essentials *only* provides licensing for 3 hosts. It's a limitation of "essentials." -- unless that changed with v7. If you need >3 hosts, you can't use Essentials. On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 12:41 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: > I bought vSphere 7 essentials a few months ago. Have it al

[AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-17 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
I bought vSphere 7 essentials a few months ago. Have it all setup. Have 3 host licensed. I just spun up a 4th host. I can not figure out how to get a license for a single host to add to vCenter. All I keep finding is the bundles. -- Thanks, Mark mailto:m...@

Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-16 Thread Charles Boening
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Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-15 Thread dmmoffett
: [AFMUG] VMWare I run proxmox at PacketFlux for our MES and other internal servers. I'm not sure if I'd consider anything else. My architecture is replicated vms and data with backup. If I had a bigger cluster I'd do some sort of distributed file system. On Tu

Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I run proxmox at PacketFlux for our MES and other internal servers. I'm not sure if I'd consider anything else. My architecture is replicated vms and data with backup. If I had a bigger cluster I'd do some sort of distributed file system. On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 12:44 PM Mark - Myakka Technologi

Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-12 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
Title: Re: [AFMUG] VMWare Dustin, I'll have to setup a Hyper-V for testing.  The reason I'm leading towards VMWare is I have dabbled a bit with it.  My son is also fairly proficient in it. Thanks for the input. -- Best regards, Mark                            mailto:m...@mailmt.c

Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-12 Thread Darren Shea
n     ECPI/Western Broadband     (512) 257-1077 -Original Message- From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mark - Myakka Technologies Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 1:42 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] VMWare We had a slight electric issue yesterday. Messed up s

Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-12 Thread Dustin Jurman
lFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VMWare Dustin, What is your thoughts on Hyper-V vs VMWare. To be honest, I'm more comfortable in a windows environment. Almost all my VMs are windows OSs at the moment. I do have a couple of Ubuntu servers running. Be interested in why you wen

Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-12 Thread Larry Smith
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Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-12 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
Title: Re: [AFMUG] VMWare Dustin, What is your thoughts on Hyper-V vs VMWare.  To be honest, I'm more comfortable in a windows environment.  Almost all my VMs are windows OSs at the moment.  I do have a couple of Ubuntu servers running.  Be interested in why you went Hyper-V over VMWar

Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-12 Thread Dustin Jurman
“Building Better Infrastructure” From: AF on behalf of Mark - Myakka Technologies Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 2:41:53 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] VMWare We had a slight electric issue yesterday. Messed up some of our VM servers. I got th

Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-12 Thread Nate Burke
I'll watch this thread with interest. Also curious on Licensing needed. I'm just running stand alone ESXi Servers today, and doing backups from within the VM's. On 7/12/2022 1:41 PM, Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: We had a slight electric issue yesterday. Messed up some of our VM

[AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-12 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
We had a slight electric issue yesterday. Messed up some of our VM servers. I got things rigged back together, but I need to build a more robust VM system. I'm look to move into the VMWare world. I think Vmware Vsphere Essentials Plus is the route I need to go. I may be able to

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-15 Thread Lincs Chel (AF Mug)
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Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
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Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Jason McKemie
On Behalf Of * Steve Jones >> *Sent:* Friday, January 8, 2021 4:02 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives >> >> >> >> wow, 20% VAT? >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 3:48

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Steve Jones
- Brazos WiFi > 979-985-5912 > http://www.brazoswifi.com > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of * Steve Jones > *Sent:* Friday, January 8, 2021 4:02 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives > > > > wow, 20% VAT?

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Steven Kenney
ON E: st...@wavedirect.org | P: 519-737-9283 W: www.wavedirect.net From: "Forrest Christian (List Account)" To: "af" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 4:52:02 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives Proxmox has both of these featues. Plus with a ceph backend sto

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives wow, 20% VAT? On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 3:48 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) mailto:li...@packetflux.com>> wrote: Proxmox has both of these featues. Plus with a ceph backend storage migration should become less of an issue as you effec

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Steve Jones
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Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
--- > *From: *"Mike Hammett" > *To: *"af" > *Sent: *Friday, January 8, 2021 12:40:45 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives > > Like? > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.c

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Steven Kenney
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Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
Like? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steven Kenney" To: "af" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 11:39:21 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Steven Kenney
; To: "af" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 11:53:05 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives Strange. Friends of mine have used Proxmox in installations where there were many, many racks full of servers. - Mike Hammett [ http://www.ics-il.com/ | Intelligent C

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
quot;af" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 10:46:26 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives Here is the alternative I was looking at. Since Xen didn't do paravirtual before but it does now. https://xcp-ng.org/ Proxmox too many things its missing to list here. Its

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Steven Kenney
STEVEN KENNEY DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY & CONTINUITY A: 158 Erie St. N | Leamington ON E: st...@wavedirect.org | P: 519-737-9283 W: www.wavedirect.net From: "Mike Hammett" To: "af" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 10:49:39 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vmware/vee

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
From: "Steven Kenney" To: "af" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 9:47:51 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives Oh the combo.. couldn't help you there :) Proxmox looks cool.. but still doesn't have the features Vmware does. But I hear now there is some

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Steven Kenney
WaveDirect ] STEVEN KENNEY DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY & CONTINUITY A: 158 Erie St. N | Leamington ON E: st...@wavedirect.org | P: 519-737-9283 W: www.wavedirect.net From: "Steve Jones" To: "af" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 2:16:29 AM Subject: [AFMU

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Steven Kenney
Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 2:16:29 AM Subject: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives Ive been running vmware and veeam forever, i love it, but we are getting priced out of continuing to use it. upgrading either is always a cumbersome task. Having been using what is probably the simplest vir

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Josh Baird
How many VM's? Veeam is free for <10 now I believe. On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 2:17 AM Steve Jones wrote: > Ive been running vmware and veeam forever, i love it, but we are getting > priced out of continuing to use it. upgrading either is always a cumbersome > task. > > Having been using what is pr

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
y 8, 2021 6:00:55 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives >From everything I can tell, the predominant choice is ProxMox, most likely >with a ceph storage backend. I haven't set one up yet, but will probably do so >in the near future for non-cloud services here (packetflux, n

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
>From everything I can tell, the predominant choice is ProxMox, most likely with a ceph storage backend.I haven't set one up yet, but will probably do so in the near future for non-cloud services here (packetflux, not the wisp). I just haven't had a chance to take the time to acquire the hard

[AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-07 Thread Steve Jones
Ive been running vmware and veeam forever, i love it, but we are getting priced out of continuing to use it. upgrading either is always a cumbersome task. Having been using what is probably the simplest virtualization/backup combo out there I'm guessing anything we move to will have a massive lear