VMware vSphere Deployment

it_user171321 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. System Engineer VMW Specialist at a government with 501-1,000 employees

No, everything works fine during deployment.

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it_user366615 - PeerSpot reviewer
Datacenter Manager at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

We've had no issues with deployment. Upgrades from v5.5 went smoothly.

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it_user194427 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

There is a lot of know how required to deploy VMWare correctly, especially if it is being architectured to be highly available. A simple deployment is not too hard, but the issues that I had faced initially were mostly related to adequate shared storage connectivity, etc.

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VMware vSphere
March 2024
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it_user127791 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Representative at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Yes. With ESXi one must make sure the hardware that is used matches the compatibility list provided by vmware. Once the host machine is configured appropriately, it's smooth sailing. View full review »
it_user298431 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

No, we’ve been using vSphere for a long time so we’re quite familiar with it, and we have a good relationship with VMWare. Deployment was easy.

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it_user281958 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer with 10,001+ employees

ESXi has some specific hardware requirements that administrators should make sure they are able to meet before deploying. While the platform can run on a considerable range of hardware, various features make use of specialized virtualization instruction sets in the hardware CPU that make the hypervisor suited to only a fraction of the common server hardware on the market. This is not a bad thing, as the benefits from these advanced features are well worth the cost of more advanced hardware. This is the only circumstance in which I have encountered obstacles to deployment.

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it_user317979 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Vice President at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

Minimal issues encountered.

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PR
Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Never. It just deploys. It works if you use the hardware that’s on the HCL on the VMWare web site. If you don’t do that, you could be in trouble. Some customers do that and expect it to work magically.

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VL
CIO at Robusta Technology & Training

No issues encountered.

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it_user297561 - PeerSpot reviewer
VMware(VCP5), VMware Regional Academy Director at a university with 501-1,000 employees

Primarily since we were early adopters there was little expertise available, other than directly from VMware, which is one of VMware’s strong points in that they provide a wealth of information through their documentation (too much) and their community forums.

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it_user379716 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Administrator at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

I’m sure there were issues to contend with originally, but as the product matures it gets easier and easier.

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it_user370200 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Analyst at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have no problems deploying vSphere.

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it_user353388 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director & Head of Technologies at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No issues with deployment so far.

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it_user515508 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

Nope. Smooth all the way.

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it_user386772 - PeerSpot reviewer
Server Manager at a local government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We've had no issues deploying it.

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it_user297717 - PeerSpot reviewer
Stevenson University Systems Administrator at a university with 501-1,000 employees

The environment was already deployed when I arrived at each of the institutions where I've worked.

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it_user300507 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineering Associate Manager with 1,001-5,000 employees

Absolutely, numerous issues in particular HP ESXi VMware images that we utilized created a number of deployment issues. ESXi Hosts would lock up, network configs would malfunction and plenty more. We had issues deploying vCenter on windows 2012, and Windows 2012 r2, such as being unable to successfully integrate vCenter with Active Directory and plenty more.

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it_user284382 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analista de Suporte Sênior Especializado at TIVIT

There were no issues as we followed the documentation.

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BB
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user77823 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
When I first tested vSphere against other competitors 9 years ago, there was no question on which product our company would use. It was easy to deploy and is easier today than it was back then. With a small OS footprint, the install was quick and configuration was straight to the point. View full review »
it_user231912 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

With previous versions, for example in 5.1, it was inconvenient to deploy an SSO database. Now, an SSO database is local and automatically installed.

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it_user297714 - PeerSpot reviewer
Server Virtualization Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

We haven't had issues with deploying it.

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it_user11286 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT - Server Administration with 501-1,000 employees

No – the original deployment went very smoothly with vendor assistance. Upgrades since have been smooth as well. We did a lot of homework before embarking on any upgrades.

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it_user367830 - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Director at a government with 501-1,000 employees

We encountered no issues with deployment.

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it_user350622 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator - Backup & Storage Specialist at METRO SYSTEMS Romania

Deployment isn't the simplest nor the most complex. If you can install a standard HP & Dell server, there's no reason you couldn't take care of a VMWare ESXi Hypervisor. After that, configuration and administration via the vSphere console is pretty easy.

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it_user85836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer with 51-200 employees

None, we found VMware support really good.

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it_user366684 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution lifecycle manager at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

We haven't had issues with deployment.

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it_user332808 - PeerSpot reviewer
IS Director at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

No issues with deployment. It is almost too easy. The same with subsequent upgrades.

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it_user313893 - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
it_user298443 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network/Systems Administrator at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

No issues were encountered in the latest migrations that have been performed but this is due to previous experience.

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MP
Vice President at a aerospace/defense firm with 51-200 employees
it_user71133 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager of Network at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Deployment options are varied with ESXi, so depending on what you're trying to achieve within your business. View full review »
it_user383880 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We've had no issues deploying it.

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it_user315288 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user237264 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator and Sr. VMware Engineer at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees

We never found any issue during deployment of VMware vSphere. From version 5.0, 5.1 and now in 5.5 works everything fine.

The virtualization changed everything in our company, and is the way to lead from now.

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it_user293886 - PeerSpot reviewer
VMware Consultant at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Not really, just some tuning prior to release into production.

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it_user281973 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage and VMware Expert at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

No, I did not have any issues because it all depends on how the environment was configured.

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it_user365892 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Leader at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We were unsuccessful in a few setups, for example, installing on SD cards in some UCS blades. I think, though, that the problem was related to hardware and not to the setup process.

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it_user271026 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

No issues encountered.

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FB
Senior Environments Engineer - Virtualised Environments at Derivco with 501-1,000 employees

We did encounter issues during deployment, but they were mostly because of human errors.

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it_user385854 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We've had no issues deploying it.

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it_user297123 - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Support Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There were no major issues.

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it_user280956 - PeerSpot reviewer
Virtualization and Cloud Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

There were challenges with the compatibility, design and architecture. If these three things are perfect on your table, then you will not face any issues while deploying anything. In our scenario, we encountered some issues with compatibility.

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it_user209226 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a cloud provider with 51-200 employees

Yes, but by support, we found the solution, a hardware driver for HBA component.

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it_user183474 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user332952 - PeerSpot reviewer
Researcher and Professor at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

We did have some issues, so I would suggest a full automatic host server setup using DHCP and PXE without configuration scripts.

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it_user414402 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Director at ADMI France

We had no issues during deployment.

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it_user280818 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a engineering company with 501-1,000 employees

As with any software, ESXi and vSphere have their own requirements, but if you meet the requirements for hardware, network, storage, etc., then deploying a vSphere system is just easy as pie.

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it_user385836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Virtualization Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We haven't had issues with deploying it.

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it_user333873 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT at a engineering company with 501-1,000 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user275226 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director with 501-1,000 employees

Deployment requires a special proficiency.

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PatrickCiPaaS - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager at SnapLogic
it_user88791 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
RR
VMware Engineer at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

We have not had any issues with deployment.

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it_user418209 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle Database Administrator at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's a little complex, but we were able to do it. Other than that, we had no issues with deployment.

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it_user334191 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user167028 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administartor at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The deployment was really easy, migration to the virtualization infrastructure was transparent to the main business.

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it_user284274 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Director - IT Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I'm a vExpert so I don't have any issues with deploying it.

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it_user321375 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Information Technology at Mountville Mills

Licensing that makes it easier to justify getting the features I like, such as the enterprise feature where VMs auto balanced among hosts. This needs to be done by hand because that feature is too expensive.

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it_user274569 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO with 51-200 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user367836 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We've encountered no issues with deployment.

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it_user300504 - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Vice President at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees

It does not like working with the older Intel NICs nor the Realtek NICs, but I was able to work around that.

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it_user279879 - PeerSpot reviewer
Programmer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
it_user132501 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

None that were insurmountable.

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it_user363441 - PeerSpot reviewer
Deployment Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There were no issues with deployment. It was very smooth.

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it_user363687 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software QA Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

We attempted to upgrade from vSphere 5.0 to 5.5, but we weren't successful. We contacted technical support and, after a few tries, they closed our case and asked us to perform a fresh vCenter install and to create the inventory from there.

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it_user300498 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Engineer at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user215685 - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional IT at a maritime company with 501-1,000 employees

No. Setup and installation takes less than 20 minutes.

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it_user161850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Design Manager with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have not found a way to automatically do console redirection to the COM port after scripted installation.

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it_user375447 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Engineer at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Deployment is done with future needs in mind. But with day-to-day deployment, we haven't had any issues.

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it_user285072 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical lead - Infrastructure Consulting / Transformation at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Deploying the older v3 and v3.5 had lots of issues, but the morerecent v4, v5, and v5.5 version are much easier to deploy.

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it_user131937 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees
vCenter server installation is really a headache. View full review »
it_user128259 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Our deployment of VMware went smoothly. View full review »
it_user365877 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer with 501-1,000 employees

Sometimes there were issues during the installation, especially with certificates.

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DL
Virtualization Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

None, and I do all my deployments from either USB or PXE.

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it_user280935 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Systems Administrator at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

No, but that is relative. Sometimes issues are raised eventually.

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it_user98646 - PeerSpot reviewer
Virtualization Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
it_user313041 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Systems Administrator II at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user339246 - PeerSpot reviewer
VMware Architect at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

No issues encountered.

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RR
VMware Engineer at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

I haven't seen any issues with deployment.

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it_user320502 - PeerSpot reviewer
Asst. manager System Operations with 1,001-5,000 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user367833 - PeerSpot reviewer
ITC Systems Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We've encountered no issues with deployment.

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it_user357519 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech company with 51-200 employees

We have not had any issue with deployment over the years.

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Buyer's Guide
VMware vSphere
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about VMware vSphere. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.