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  • 1.  Applying temp eval license

    Posted Dec 17, 2019 02:38 PM

    Hi,

    I used enterprise essentials plus for three ESX server. I have NetApp SAN which I need to upgrade. It has been stable for more than three years. Now I am planning to upgrade NetApp and during the upgrade I need to move all my VM to local storage.

    On recent test I found that live migration between storage is not supported with Essentials plus. Offline migration of few machine took almost 3 hours and I can't afford to bring SQL VM down for 6 hrs. Would it be possible to apply temp eval license of standard to complete live storage migration until I complete NetApp upgrade and switch the ESX and vcenter license back to essentials plus. I do not any return on investment to upgrade the feature I won't  need for three to four or perhaps none in future.



  • 2.  RE: Applying temp eval license

    Posted Dec 17, 2019 03:25 PM

    Whether it's possible or not, it would be against the conditions of the EULA.



  • 3.  RE: Applying temp eval license

    Posted Dec 17, 2019 06:13 PM
    On recent test I found that live migration between storage is not supported with Essentials plus.

    Essentials Plus has the features you need. It supports cross-host vMotion ("Change both host and datastore") since version 5.1. This allows you to migrate the VM online to another host, and datastore, and works even without shared storage.


    André



  • 4.  RE: Applying temp eval license

    Posted Dec 20, 2019 01:42 PM

    @prasantF​

    Why did you ask the same question again in another thread Temp license switch​?

    Doesn't the answer to this thread help?


    André