We are looking to (finally) set up a dev/text environment at work, but have a question.
We are looking to purchase an off-lease server as we have virtually no budget, install the free ESXi, then restore our backups from BackupExec 2012 whilst converting them to a VM, which brings the question...
Is is possible to restore to the free (remember, no budget) version of ESXi from BE 2012 without purchasing the storage license? I've read conflicting information on the subject.
If this isn't an option, we would be looking at running off Hyper-V 2012 core, but don't have any spare 64-Bit computers that we could install Win8 on it to be able to use the Hyper-V manager.