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VMware vSphere 5
SnSisrequiredforallvSpherepurchases
licenses covered by this provision, however, may not be managed
by the same instance of Virtual Center which is being used to
manage non-desktop OS virtual machines.
VMware vSphere Kits
Kits are all-in-one solutions that include multiple VMware vSphere
licenses and vCenter Server enabling an organization to quickly and
easily begin their VMware vSphere environment. Kits are available
in several editions that vary in terms of scalability and functionality.
VMware oers two types of kits: Essentials Kits and Acceleration Kits.
Essentials Kits
The Essentials Kits are all-in-one solutions for small environments
(up to three hosts with two CPUs each) available in two editions—
Essentials and Essentials Plus. Both editions include VMware vSphere
processor licenses and VMware vCenter Server for Essentials for an
environment of up to three hosts (up to 2 CPUs each) and maximum
pooledvRAMcapacityof192GB(32GBx6VMwarevSphere
Essentials CPU licenses). Essentials scalability limits are product-
enforced and cannot be extended other than by upgrading the
whole kit to a higher-end bundle (see upgrades sections, below).
VMware vSphere Essentials and Essentials Plus kits are self-contained
solutions and may not be decoupled, or combined with other
VMware vSphere editions.
VMware vSphere Essentials Kit is all-in-one solution ideal for small
oces. It enables consolidation and management of applications
to reduce hardware and operating costs—all with a low upfront
investment. The VMware vSphere Essentials kit must be purchased
along with a one-year subscription to software patches and updates.
Support is optional and available on a per-incident basis.
VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit adds features such as
vSphere vMotion, vSphere HA and vSphere Data Recovery to
VMware vSphere Essentials to enable always-on IT for the small
environment. VMware vSphere Essentials Plus is ideal for small
businesses that, in addition to hardware and operating cost
savings, are also looking for maximization of application availability
and business continuity with a low upfront investment. SnS for
VMware vSphere Essentials Plus is sold separately. A minimum
of one year of SnS is required.
VMware vSphere Essentials Kit for Retail and Branch Oces is a
special edition designed for deployments in branch oces of mid-size
or large enterprises. This edition oers a packaged solution to extend
agility, security and eciency across the organization and allow
remote management of the oce deployment either locally or from
central location running VMware vCenter Server. Retail- and
branch-oceeditionsrequireamaximumof3virtualizedhosts
per site and a minimum initial order of a starter kit (covering 10 sites)
plus the ability to add on sites as required (after initial purchase
of 10 sites customers can add 1 additional site at a time). vRAM
entitlements of the Essentials Kit for Retail and Branch Oce
deployed are pooled across sites with centrally management
by a single remote VMware vCenter Server.
VMware vSphere Standard Edition provides an entry-level
solution for basic server consolidation to slash hardware costs
while accelerating application deployment. Each Standard
Editionlicenseentitles32GBofvRAM.
VMware vSphere Enterprise Edition is a robust solution that
customers can use to optimize IT assets, ensure cost-eective
business continuity and streamline IT operations through automation.
Each Enterprise Edition license entitles 64GB of vRAM.
VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition oers the full range
of VMware vSphere features for transforming datacenters into
dramatically simplified cloud infrastructures, for running today’s
applications right alongside the next generation of flexible, reliable
IT services. Each Enterprise Plus Edition license entitles 96GB
of vRAM.
Note that all hosts in a vRAM pool must be licensed with the same
VMware vSphere edition or, in other words, vRAM entitlements are
pooled by VMware vSphere Edition. It is possible to manage mixed
environments of hosts licensed with dierent VMware vSphere
Editions from the same vCenter, however this will create multiple
vRAM pools. vRAM capacity can only be shared among servers
licensed with the same VMware vSphere Edition.
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. vSphere
Hypervisor provides only basic virtualization capabilities allowing
to virtualize servers and run applications in virtual machines in a
matter of minutes. vSphere Hypervisor cannot connect to VMware
vCenter Server and therefore cannot be centrally managed. Users
can remotely manage individual vSphere Hypervisor hosts using
thevSphereClient.vSphereHypervisorisentitledto32GBofvRAM
per server (regardless of the number of processors) and can be
utilizedonserverswithupto32GBofphysicalRAM.
VMware vSphere Desktop
vSphere Desktop Edition is a new vSphere Edition designed for
licensing vSphere in VDI deployments. vSphere Desktop provides
all functionalities of vSphere Enterprise Plus and unlimited vRAM
entitlement. It can only be used for VDI deployment and can be
leveragedwithbothVMwareViewandother3rdpartyVDI
connection brokers.
vSphere Desktop edition is licensed based on the total number of
Powered On Desktop Virtual Machines and can be purchased either
stand-alone in a pack size of 100 desktop VM or included with the
VMware View Bundle. For detailed information on pricing visit:
http://www.vmware.com/products/view/howtobuy.html
Customers who purchased licenses for vSphere 4.x (or previous
versions)priortoSeptember30,2011tohostdesktopvirtualization,
and hold current SnS agreements, may upgrade to vSphere 5
while retaining access to unlimited vRAM entitlement. Desktop