Hello guys,
I am a 2nd year intern at a small IT service provider company where we currently use HyperV on 3 standalone Virtual Server Hosts at the moment. We don't use SCVMM, but manage the servers and monitor them separately.
We are now getting a 4th VSH because we have a new client who insists on using an ESXi hosted server. We want to use the opportunity to restructure our network, cluster the servers together and are contemplating about switching our existing servers ESXi instead of HyperV.
Seems to me I am a bit out of my league when it comes to these things, so I would love it if I could have something to contribute on our next meeting.
I would love to hear the opinions of some of you more experienced ESXi admins on the following things:
How you would go about migrating VMs from HyperV to ESXi?
Is it possible to do a live snapshot/recovery of the VM in ESXi like one can in HyperV?
Is there a way to create a management/monitoring console without having to buy the vSphere license?
*personal* As an aspiring system administrator, would you say it makes sense to focus my studies on ESXi or HyperV, taking into consideration the current job market landscape?
All replies are very much appreciated, thank you.