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vCenter Server 5 install in a VM or Not?

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Hi to all.

We have a small assisted living healthcare environment with about a dozen sites/servers

One server has 3 VMw4 vms on it.

We received two new servers with ESXi 5 installed. They will host several Windows server vms mostly migrations of current VMw4.

I want to install vCenter Server 5 to manage them.

 

From my VMware book by Lowe he mentions that installing the vCenter server in a VM has limitations.

He mentions cold migration, cloning and editing hardware are not available.

Also he mentions considerations with using a distributed virtual switch.

Ufortunately he doesn't go into any detail.

 

But there seem to be advantages such as backing up the server and quick restore when using a vm.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.


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