vSphere Edition Cost Basic Support
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vCenter Server Standard $6,175 $1,297
vCenter Server Foundation $1,535 $560
Standard -Remote Office $3,085 $648
Advanced -Remote Office $4,635 $973
Does vCenter require license?
VMware Pages vCenter Server systems are licensed with vCenter Server licenses that have per-instance capacity. To license a vCenter Server system, you need a vCenter Server license that has the capacity for at least one instance.27 Oct 2021
Is vCenter a separate license?
vCenter Server Foundation It is sold as a separate license and only supports managing up to four vSphere ESXi hosts. This is true for vSphere starting with vSphere 6.5 Update 1 and above, older vSphere versions will support up to three hosts.9 Oct 2018
How does VMware license their vSphere?
VMware vSphere 6.7 is licensed on a per-processor basis, without imposing any restrictions on the number of virtual machines, physical cores, or the amount of physical RAM. To install vSphere in a virtual environment, at least one license key should be assigned to each physical processor (CPU).18 Dec 2018
How is VMware licensed?
vSphere 7 is licensed on a per-processor basis apply to select editions: vSphere Standard, vSphere Enterprise Plus, vSphere Acceleration Kits, vSphere Essential Kits, and vSphere Scale Out. Each physical processor (CPU) in a server needs to have at least one processor license key assigned to be able to run vSphere.
How is VMware license calculated?
When you assign a vSphere license to a host, the amount of capacity consumed is determined by the number of physical CPUs on the host and the number of cores in each physical CPU. vSphere Desktop that is intended for VDI environments is licensed on per virtual machine basis.5 Feb 2021
Can I use vCenter for free?
“VMware vSphere Hypervisor VMware vSphere Hypervisor is a free product that provides a simple and easy way to get started with virtualization at no cost. Users can remotely manage individual vSphere Hypervisor hosts using the vSphere Client.6 Dec 2017
Is vCenter included in vSphere?
The vCenter Server version included with vSphere Essentials and Essentials Plus is called “vCenter Server for Essentials“. When vSphere Essentials Plus is purchased it also comes with vCenter Server for Essentials which allows for business continuity features such as, vSphere High Availability (HA) and vMotion.9 Oct 2018
Do I need a separate license for vCenter?
To license a vCenter Server system, you need a vCenter Server license that has the capacity for at least one instance.27 Oct 2021
How does vCenter licensing work?
When the license or evaluation period of a vCenter Server system expires, all hosts disconnect from that vCenter Server system. The virtual machines running on the disconnected hosts remain intact. After vCenter Server is assigned to a new license key, all disconnected hosts reconnect to the vCenter Server system.27 Oct 2021
Is VMware vCenter free?
Free vSphere Hypervisor Paid vSphere Hypervisor
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Central Management (vCenter) No Supported