Esxi 6.5 License Key
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VMware ESXi 6.5 questions
I have a server I built 2 years ago that just had its SSD die, so it's a perfect time for me to upgrade my OS, from ESXi 5.5, to potentially ESXi 6.5.
How I've been using 5.5:
For free, with their free license key for one CPU socket
With PCI passthrough for my storage controller for one of the VMs
5 VMs
32GB RAM
Supermicro X10SL7-F
Managed with fat client on Windows
My questions:
Does anyone see a problem with trying to continue this on ESXi 6.5, for free?
They're still doing the free license, and it's fully functional on a single socket, right?
How do people manage it? Fat windows client? Web client? Something else?
Can I run VMs created with ESXi 5.5? I was lucky to be able to save the VMs onto a separate datastore.
Is 6.5 ready for production or do you think it's buggy?
Thank you.
