As I remember vCenter server 4.0 was supported as a virtual machine however there were several caveats to this...
Namely this being if using distributed virtual switches (especially for the vCenter server VM) and the vCenter VM failed you would be unable to bring the vCenter server back on the network. Because vCenter controls DVS and the DVS information is stored in the VMFS datastores it was recommened generally in the expert community as best practice to keep vCenter physical if using DVS.
Is anyone aware of any changes in vCenter server 4.1 that alleviate this issue?
Main reason being now an upgrade to 4.1 requires x64 OS it would be best as a VM due to licensing and also available storage.
I cannot find any official documentation on this so please if there is some point it out to me...
Any info apprecated on this.
Thanks
Andy BSc (Hons)
VCP 3/4 / vExpert / MCP / MCTS / TCSP
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