What is included in VMware Enterprise Plus?

What is included in VMware Enterprise Plus?

VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus includes: VMware Hypervisor or VMware ESX hypervisor architectures (deployment-time choice, VMware recommends Hypervisor), VMFS (Virtual Machine File System), 8-way Virtual SMP, VMware vCenter Server Agent, VMware vStorage APIs / VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB), VMware Update Manager.

What are the different VMware versions?

Build numbers and versions of VMware ESXi/ESX (2143832)

What is the difference between VMware Enterprise and Enterprise Plus?

Enterprise Plus has all the same features as the Enterprise Edition and adds many more, such as support for Storage I/O control, Network I/O control and distributed switch support.

How is VMware vSphere licensed?

vSphere Desktop that is intended for VDI environments is licensed on per virtual machine basis. To license an ESXi host, you must assign it a vSphere license that meets the following prerequisites: The license must have sufficient capacity to license all physical CPUs on the host.

What is the difference between vCenter Essentials and Standard?

VMware’s vCenter software comes in two different versions: Foundation and Standard. Both enable SMBs to create hosts and VMs, but Standard offers more features, such as DRS. Virtualization is a big step for many SMBs.

What version of VMware do I have?

When running VMware Tools in a Windows virtual machine, right-click the VMware Tools icon (generally in the system tray at the end of the taskbar), click Open VMware Tools and select About. When running VMware Tools in a Linux or FreeBSD virtual machine, start vmware- toolbox in X-windows and choose Help > About.

How many VMware licenses do I need?

Each physical CPU requires at least one license, so four vSphere Enterprise Plus 7 licenses are required. No additional licenses will be needed regardless of the number of VMs or the amount of virtual memory (vRAM).

What does vSphere cost?

VMware or Hyper-V? Part 3: Virtualization Licensing Costs