Windows 10: Questions about Windows licensing re ESXi

I am a DP professional DBA looking to play with ESXi , also Apache, NIFI, Cold Fusion, etc. AT HOME for educating myself only.


I intend to reuse an existing single socket PC, currently with a digital Windows 10 pro license. I assume that I can reuse my Windows license... but can I use it for multiple VMs on my single PC? Part of my goal is to simulate a multi-node configuration.


Any advice best tutorials, mistakes to avoid, etc. also welcome. Thanks.

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Windows 2012 Licensing on ESXi

In a Windows 2012 standard license we can have only 2 VMs; so in one ESXi server(of any sockets) we can host a maximum of 2 VMs; so in my environment we have 3 esxi hosts in a cluster with each running 2 VMs.



so please let me know how much Windows standard/Datacenter license should I procure.



As per my understanding; i will require 3 datacenter licenses.



We cannot have 3 standard windows license because we can have only 2 VMs per host (3 servers); this is OK in ideal case scenario.



But if we need to move one VM from one ESXi host to another i.e

ESXi 1 having 1 VMs

ESXi 2 having 3 VMs ---> violation of licensing

ESXi 3 having 2 VMs

then it will be a violation of the licensing policies.



Please correct if my understanding is wrong.

 

AMD GPU Monitoring in ESXi 5.5

Hi there,

I have an ESXi 5.5 host that contains an AMD GPU. I am looking for a way of viewing GPU usage statistics. GPU-Z is not compatible with ESXi, and AMD's own 'amdconfig' util is also not compatible.

I have previously used Nvidia GRID GPUs with ESXi and they provide their "nvidia-smi" tool, but AMD does not include anything in their driver package.

Can anybody offer any suggestions of how I can monitor GPU statistics within ESXi? This is a vSGA configuration, i.e. not a PCIe passthrough, so installing GPU-Z in the guest VM is not an option as the video driver is at the hypervisor level.

Thanks in advance, Hammond.

 

License Transfer question


So I found this on the MS website.

Add Windows 8.1 Pro Pack or Windows 8.1 Media Center Pack to your edition of Windows 8.1

• Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
  (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.)
  
• Enter add features in the search box, and then tap or click Settings.
  
• Tap or click Add features to Windows 8.1 and then do one of the following:
  
  • If you need to purchase a product key, tap or click I want to buy a product key online.
    Follow the steps to purchase and enter a product key.
    
  • If you already have a product key, tap or click I already have a product key.
• Enter your product key and click Next.
  
• Read the license terms, select the check box to accept the license terms, and then click Add features.
  
  
  Would this be the way to do it? And would it matter that this would be the US version and not UK?
  
  Thanks
  Conor