Just want some thoughts here?
Been a long time Hyper-V user in my home lab.
Considering switching to vCenter, cost is not really an issue, home lab, but for work purposes, and using corporate licensing for MSFT and VMWare.
Primary motivator is central management in vCenter, vs. RDP to Windows host and then using Hyper-V manager.
I know, I can use a domain and SCOM overkill, or use remote admin tools, but it only works when using domain admin account, or requires jumping through hoops to get permissions working if not using admin account, and I do not want to use domain, nor do I want to run with admin account for daily use.
I do run some vCenter Essentials virtual appliance in a VM, and ESXi 5.5 at my office, and it is really easy to manage in one place.
Big downside is how complicated it is to make ESXi use any type of hardware that is not in the inbox image, including how super complicated it gets to remotely manage RAID controllers.
How do you manage multiple Hyper-V hosts from one convenient place, in an as easy as vCenter virtual appliance way?
P.
Been a long time Hyper-V user in my home lab.
Considering switching to vCenter, cost is not really an issue, home lab, but for work purposes, and using corporate licensing for MSFT and VMWare.
Primary motivator is central management in vCenter, vs. RDP to Windows host and then using Hyper-V manager.
I know, I can use a domain and SCOM overkill, or use remote admin tools, but it only works when using domain admin account, or requires jumping through hoops to get permissions working if not using admin account, and I do not want to use domain, nor do I want to run with admin account for daily use.
I do run some vCenter Essentials virtual appliance in a VM, and ESXi 5.5 at my office, and it is really easy to manage in one place.
Big downside is how complicated it is to make ESXi use any type of hardware that is not in the inbox image, including how super complicated it gets to remotely manage RAID controllers.
How do you manage multiple Hyper-V hosts from one convenient place, in an as easy as vCenter virtual appliance way?
P.