vSphere Licensing
I'm having trouble online finding out how much per CPU licensing costs. If you buy vSphere Standard how much is the per CPU licensing? What are the prices? Second question: What are the vSphere host licensing costs? Third question: With just the free ESXi Hypervisor- do you have to license those CPUs and hosts? Are all the ala cart CPU and host licensing prices the same no matter what?
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If I was compelled to not get one of the essentials packs- where would I find the processor based pricing?
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Not looking for edition pricing- that's readily available on the web. Looking for CPU and host licensing costs. Not the ones that are included in bundles. The ala cart per processor costs. If I had vSphere Standard- what would I per CPU for licensing? If I only had the free Hypervisor ESXi- what would I pay per CPU for licencing (may not be a cost involved with the free Hypervisor.) This tells me that licensing is done on a per processor basis on page 4: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf and I know the answer is probably in here somewhere, but I can't find it: http://www.vmware.com/support/support-resources/licensing
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You can see why the VMware Essentials is such a great deal for small organizations. 3 Hosts 2 CPU each and vCenter.
Be Careful with VMware Essentials bundles, because you cannot upgrade them, and you are limited to 3 hosts, forever!
There is only one price that is per CPU Host. So if you host has two CPUs you need two LIC. It does not matter ow many virtual machines you have on them.