{"id":480,"date":"2009-04-03T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlitter.itgroove.net\/2009\/04\/03\/vmware-esx-vs-esxi-and-purchasing-foundation-the-way-i-see-it\/"},"modified":"2009-04-03T22:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T22:31:00","slug":"vmware-esx-vs-esxi-and-purchasing-foundation-the-way-i-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2009\/04\/03\/vmware-esx-vs-esxi-and-purchasing-foundation-the-way-i-see-it\/","title":{"rendered":"VMWare ESX vs ESXi and purchasing Foundation &#8211; the way I see it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ExternalClass53CCE816C8904D688A5B8A414B3D74EE\">\n<p>If you have played with VMWare ESXi for a while and tried to monitor the underlying hardware with any degree of success (SNMP), give it up.\u00a0 Although the future looks a little brighter with HP providing some functionality with \u2018their\u2019 version of ESXi, the reality for us, as a business, when recommending VMWare virtualization to customers (in a small business) is \u2026 Buy ESX (Foundation).\u00a0 Two key reasons:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1. ESX is the only version of the two, that will provide full SNMP support \u2013 and lets face it, you want to know if a disk in your RAID set failed BEFORE the second disk fails (and planning on visiting your server daily to view red lights is not a sensible workaround)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. Foundation gives you the VCB agent license \u2013 so you can then employ scripts, Backup Exec VMWare agents, etc. for \u2018real time\u2019 backups of your VMDK\u2019s (Disaster Recovery \u2013 on a budget, compared to historical hardware based solutions)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, buy the VMWare foundation pack and forget what VMWare tries to tell you (that it is $995) as that is a total crock (and frankly, VERY misleading).\u00a0 Sure, they put their little asterisk there, but if you can\u2019t get it without (support), PERIOD, don\u2019t list anything but the truth VMWare!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reference Link :: <a>http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/products\/vi\/esx\/esx_buy.html<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Much as the other stuff is nice, the two things we care about are pointed out below (ESX, instead of ESXi) and the VCB license<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Media\/WindowsLiveWriter\/307c5345a355_13A75\/clip_image002_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;border-top:0px;border-right:0px\" title=\"clip_image002\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Media\/WindowsLiveWriter\/307c5345a355_13A75\/clip_image002_thumb.jpg\" width=\"611\" height=\"472\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the balogne factor\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Media\/WindowsLiveWriter\/307c5345a355_13A75\/clip_image002[6].jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;border-top:0px;border-right:0px\" title=\"clip_image002[6]\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002[6]\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Media\/WindowsLiveWriter\/307c5345a355_13A75\/clip_image002[6]_thumb.jpg\" width=\"394\" height=\"61\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have played with VMWare ESXi for a while and tried to monitor the underlying hardware with any degree of success (SNMP), give it up.\u00a0 Although the future looks a little brighter with HP providing some functionality with \u2018their\u2019 version of ESXi, the reality for us, as a business, when recommending VMWare virtualization to &hellip; 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