RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) - Developers License
I currently have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite subscription and I am building out a home lab for learning purposes and certification. The question I have is there a developers license for RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) or that includes RHEV?
If not is there a cost effective RHEV license I can purchase for a home lab environment so I can learn RHEV in my home lab environment? I currently have KVM set up on my RHEL 7.x server and run my VM's on that and would like to convert that environment to a RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) environment as we are considering moving to RHEV were I work. I understand it has 30-60 license, I would like something more permanent so I dont have to continually tear down/rebuild my environment.
I am looking for something simular to VMware's VMUG subscription on the Red Hat side that would include RHEV or License it. Thanks in advance!
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Guru
6577 points
Dave,
I have raised this exact issue in the past and it is a point of constant frustration for me. I ended up using the 30 day license for RHEV, but for other products there is little option other than their upstream sources (eg. For Satellite I used Foreman, Satellite beta and now have access to the 'real thing' on customer site, Red Hat Storage I haven't found a decent option for so haven't bothered with it).
I find it difficult because I interface with multiple businesses and Red Hat always come back with "have the customer request access to the trial through sales". Most of the time it is when I am personally PoC'ing the product to provide guidance to the client before they invest in their own money/resources into a formal PoC (at which point they request a trial license formally through sales channels). No one likes a consultant that chargers the business to learn on the job!
Basically what I would like to see is a Red Hat MSDN equivalent so admins/engineers can get some exposure to Red Hat's wider ecosystem for PoC purposes.
Has this status changed in the past 18+ months? It seems like a couple lab RHEV licenses (for failover/HA testing) would be easy to tie to the developer license model.
Guru
8823 points
Hi Daniel and Dave,
For Red Hat partners there are Not for Resale subscriptions.
So is your company a Red Hat partner or does the company buy the subscriptions via a Red Hat partner?
In both cases your internal sales should be able to request NfR subscriptions for you.
Regards,
Jan Gerrit Kootstra