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VMware Fault Tolerance on a test enviroment with 2 PCs

Hi All,

I've been thinking about using VmWare's Fault tolerance for a while and I would like to create a little test lab with 2 identical desktops workstations that we have lying around on our office with the following specs:

Windows Server 2008 R2
i5-2400k Cpus
8GB of Ram
1 500GB SATA drive

I intend to install the Esxi on both of them then create 2 Vms on each one, one for running in fault tolerance, and another in HA with vCenter.

My questions are:

- Can I do this with the free 60 day trial that can be downloaded on the vmWare site?

- Is the Storage Appliance included (VSA) in that trial?

- Can the VSA use the same 500GB drive that the esxi is installed or would I need another drive to use for VSA?

Thanks in advance!

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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I've been trying to get the VSA manager from the Vmware page with a trial account and it does not let me download it.

It says:

You either are not entitled or do not have permissions to download this product.
Check with your My VMware Super User, Procurement Contact or Administrator

I tried following this tutorial to create the VSA cluster :

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsa.doc_10/GUID-1F1A4FFF-D6A8-4FB1-8548-9C2C7034F56C.html

But I can't find the VSA manager tab.

Should I be able to create a VSA cluster without installing the VSA manager first?

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