ESXi licence expiring or upgrade path unclear after the Broadcom acquisition.
VMware licensing has shifted to subscriptions and bundles. Standalone ESXi keys are no longer sold the old way; check with your reseller what your contract still covers.
Try this first
- 1Inventory current edition and socket or core count
- 2Ask your reseller in writing for upgrade path and final price
- 3Compare against Hyper-V or Proxmox as a migration option
- 4Plan renewal at least a quarter ahead
When to bring us in
Quote balloons beyond your scale: work out a Hyper-V or Proxmox migration seriously, not at the renewal deadline.
See also
- One DC or two DCs for an SMB office?Two is almost always the right answer; one DC is a single point of failure for logon, DNS and GPOs.
- Should I split FSMO roles across two DCs?For a small domain all on one DC is fine; with two DCs splitting is tidier but not required.
- How do I know my AD replication is healthy?Replication errors creep in silently; they only surface when logins or GPOs misbehave.
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