I have been hosting VMs on my ESXi hosts for 7 years. During this time I have tried different setups. I am comparing the pros and cons of each setup. I am using the free license, with its limitations. Initially I was hosting VMs in the internal SSD of the

I have been using Synology's Active Backup for Business to back up my VMware VMs. I wanted to test whether I can restore these backups to a new ESXi host if my current one dies, so I tested a restore process the other day. My Setups My active ESXi host: