Subj : Re: Server 2012R2 and vmWare ESXI - to PROXMOX?
To   : Vorlon
From : Accession
Date : Sat Jun 21 2025 06:10 am

Hey Vorlon!

On Fri, Jun 20 2025 20:14:12 -0500, you wrote:

 > 6.5 Update 3, build 14320405 here... I was planning on going further 
 > up the tree, but then the sh*t show started.... #-(

Yep, same. I couldn't find any of the old updates anywhere, which I'm absolutely surprised about the fact that you can find just about anything on the internet if you look hard enough.

Either way, the version I'm using works fine for what I need it for. The web UI has a couple issues sometimes when trying to install a new VM: If you don't select the correct options right at the beginning of the setup, it will open up the cores/memory/space allocation window with a bunch of negative numbers that you can't change. So you have to start over. However, if you do it right it works just fine.

 > I already have the proxmox experiance, so it's just waiting time... I wish that it had the option to install it like ESXi though.
 > My current server has ESXi on a 8gb usb memory stick, and al lthe drives are dedicated to the VM's (Two SSD's) and paaased through to Xigamnas. #-)

While I don't care, or use containers.. xcp-ng is another option for me. I like the fact that there is a TUI with xcp-ng, rather than just a linux login prompt like Proxmox has. Sometimes, I don't need to login to the web interface to do something simple, and xcp-ng allows for that.

I imagine ESXi will probably last the life of my hardware, though. So I probably don't have much, if anything, to worry about. 

Regards,
Nick

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