New VMware ESXi Management Kit

VMware recently announced the new VMware ESXi Management Kit.  If you have up to three free ESXi servers deployed and would like to manage them with vCenter Server, this is a great opportunity.  Available until April 30 for $995.

The kit includes:

• VMware vCenter Server Foundation
• vCenter Agents for 3 ESXi hosts (2 CPU sockets each host)
• 1 year software subscription

If you are running ESXi without vCenter Server (formerly known as VirtualCenter), you are missing out on some great capabilities, such as:

• VM cloning and template deployment
• Single instance of VI Client to manage all hosts and VMs
• Historical performance data for VMs and hosts

Of course there is much more–give it a try.

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