Hello, I am tasked with moving our 2 clients from our current VMware host to 2 separate Windows 7 64bit PCs TEMPORARILY so that I can install free ESXi 5.1 as the new host (thus replacing the current host which is a Windows Server 2003 Standard os on a Dell Poweredge 2950 server using VMware Server 1.0.10). After the installation of ESXi on the server, I am planning to move the two clients as they exist now back to the new ESXi host.
I have a number of questions concerning this plan, and I hope I can draw on your knowledge to help me out. My question are:
1) Is this a doable plan?
2) What methods would you advise using?
3) What tools would I use?
4) What version of VMware (free) could I use on the 2 Windows 7 desktops to act as temporary hosts? One client is our Windows 2003 Standard Domain Controller, and the 2nd is a Linux based email and web server. I was planning to put each on a separate desktop.
Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
D. Parvin