Bloogen wrote: » I would make the vCenter a VM on the existing Dell server ESXi hosts. That saves you from additional hardware resources and is actually a best practice from an HA perspective.
Bloogen wrote: » Exactly. You first install Server 2012 R2 (5.5 Build 1+) or 2008 R2 VM and install vCenter on it. Or, you can deploy the vCenter Appliance to one of the hosts using the vSphere client, instead of the Windows based VM.
jibbajabba wrote: » This is what most people do. I even do it with a single host used by nested VMs. Create a vCenter VM, add the host it is hosted on to it and create virtual hosts / clusters.
Deathmage wrote: » Hi guys, As some of you guys know I have a Dual R610 cluster at home and I'm using a old HP Procurve 2848 switch as the iSCSI [it supports Jumbo Frames](for QNAP TS-420 NAS)and vMotion switch but for vCenter I was curious how I'd go about using vCenter for the cluster. Can I use vCenter in the ESXi cluster on one of the VM's or could I use say a brand-new Optiplex 9010 (Intel i7, 16 GB of RAM, Dual Broadcom Giga nic's) desktop as a ghetto vCenter appliance? ....If I can use the Optiplex 9010 as an appliance could someone explain or provide a link on how to go about setting this sucker up? As some info this 9010 was used in the past as my sole esxi 5.1 server; on one partition is Windows Server 2008 R2 and on another partition is Windows 7; and on the last partition is esxi 5.1. Any help would be appreciated.
datacomboss wrote: » IDK if you'd see a vCenter appliance in the "ghetto".
Deathmage wrote: » Thanks guys! - this helps me out quite a bit. BTW - great website, very helpful Mike.
jibbajabba wrote: » You do, once you worked for a big VMware partner, small companies do feel like a vGhetto (great domain potential thinking about it).
datacomboss wrote: » You should virtualize it and play around with HA.
