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1. Cloud Infrastructure
Licensing, Packaging and Pricing
VMware, August 2011
© 2009 VMware Inc. All rights reserved

2. On July 12 2011 VMware is Introducing a Major Upgrade
of the Entire Cloud Infrastructure Stack
vCloud Director
vCloud Director 1.5
New
vShield Security
vShield 5
Cloud Infrastructure Launch
(vSphere, vCenter, vShield, vCloud Director)
vCenter Management
vCenter SRM 5
vSphere 5
vSphere vSphere vSphere
vSphere Storage Appliance 1.0
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3. vSphere 5 Licensing and Pricing
Overview
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4. vSphere 5 licensing: Evolution Without Disruption
vSphere 4.x vSphere 5
Licensing Unit Processor = Processor
!
Core per proc Restricted < Unlimited
Physical RAM
Restricted < Unlimited
per host
Amt of vRAM pooled
Pooled vRAM
NA ≠ across entire
entitlement
environment
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5. What is vRAM?
 vRAM is the memory configured to a virtual machine
 Assigning a certain amount of vRAM is a required step in the
creation of a virtual machine
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6. Key vRAM Concepts
1 Each vSphere 5 processor license comes with certain
amount of vRAM entitlement
2 Pooled vRAM Entitlement Sum of all
processor license
Consumed vRAM entitlements
3
Sum of vRAM
configured into all
powered on VMs
4
Compliance =
12 month rolling average of Consumed vRAM < Pooled vRAM Entitlement
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7. Key concepts - Example
4 licenses of vSphere
Each vSphere Enterprise
Enterprise Edition
Edition license entitles
vRAM Pool (256GB) provide a vRAM pool of
to 64GB of vRAM.
256GB (4 * 64 GB)
Consumed vRAM = 80 GB
64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
Customer creates
20 VMs with 4GB
vRAM each
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent
1 1 1 1
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host A Host B
Compliance =
12 month rolling average of Consumed vRAM < Pooled vRAM Entitlement
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8. vSphere 5 Licensing
Detail
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9. vSphere 5 Licensing In Action
How does it work? vSphere 5.0
 Each CPU must have at least one vSphere license
assigned
vRAM Pool
• Cores and physical RAM do not matter
(using 80 GB out of 256GB)
 Each processor license managed by a vCenter or
multiple vCenters in Linked mode contributes an
amount of vRAM capacity to the total vRAM pool
• Example: 4 vSphere Ent. Licenses create a vRAM pool
of 256GB of vRAM (4 x 64GB)
• Each vSphere Edition creates a separate pool that
must be kept in licensing compliance
 vRAM pool is shared among powered-on VMs
running on all hosts in a vCenter
• Example: 20 VMs with 4GB of configured vRAM VMware vCenter Server
consume a total of 80GB vRAM
• It doesn’t matter how many VMs you run and on which vSphere Ent vSphere Ent
hosts you run them.
• vMotion, DRS, HA do not require additional licenses 1 1 1 1
 At any point in time the 12 month rolling average of
CPU CPU CPU CPU
daily high watermark of consumed vRAM must be
equal or less to the vRAM pool capacity
• Compliance is at the vCenter level not the host level
 vRAM pool can be extended by: Host A Host B
• Upgrading all CPUs to higher end vSphere Edition
1
• Adding processor licenses to the same set of CPUs VM Processor
• Adding a new host with new licenses (4GB vRAM) License
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10. Tools for Tracking vRAM Entitlement vs Usage
 Before upgrading to vSphere 5, customers can use a
separate free utility that analyzes a VI3 or vSphere 4
environment, and determines vRAM consumed
• The tool will be available later in Q3 2011
 After upgrading to vSphere 5:
1. vRAM licensing monitoring and reporting tool built into vCenter 5
2. Free add-on to vCenter for in-depth historical trending analysis
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11. When Does the vSphere 5 Licensing Model Apply?
For ELA customers
 Customers with active ELA will continue to be subject to the terms of their
contracts for the duration of their contract, independent of which vSphere
version they deployed
• ELA customers may contact their VMware sales representatives to update the
terms of their ELAs to the new vSphere 5 licensing model
For customers without ELAs
 The new model applies only to vSphere 5 licenses. Prior versions of
vSphere will continue to be based on their respective licensing model
 The new vSphere 5 licensing model will apply upon acceptance of the
vSphere 5 EULA (necessary condition to upgrade to vSphere 5)
 Customers who purchase vSphere 5 licenses and decide to downgrade to
older versions of vSphere will be subject to the EULA terms and licensing
model of the vSphere version they downgrade to
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12. Desktop Virtualization with vSphere 5
 vSphere Desktop - NEW edition for VDI deployments
• Can only be used for desktop virtualization
• New purchases only
• Licensed on a total number of Powered On desktop virtual machines
• Sold in pack size of 100 at a list price of € 6.254,00
• Unlimited vRAM entitlements
• All features and functionalities of vSphere Enterprise Plus
 Existing VDI Customers
• vSphere licenses with active SnS and used for VDI may be upgraded to
corresponding vSphere 5.0 edition and have unlimited vRAM entitlement
• Must be managed by different instance of vCenter Server
 VMware View
• Comprehensive end to end Desktop Virtualization Solution
• Available as View Enterprise and View Premier
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13. vSphere 5 Packaging and Pricing
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14. vSphere 5 Editions
Essentials Essentials Enterprise
`  New in vSphere 5.0 Essentials Essentials Standard Standard
Advanced Enterprise
Plus Plus Plus
€ 79,50 € 721,50 € 958,00 € 2.766,00 € 3.366,00
Price per proc (license only)
vRAM Entitlement per proc 32 GB +
32GB 32 GB 64 GB 96 GB
vCPU 8 way 8 way 8 way 8 way 32 way
vSphere
Features Storage
Hypervisor Appliance
High Availability
Data Recovery € 7.669,00
vMotion
Virtual Serial Port Concentrator
Hot Add
vShield Zones
Fault Tolerance
Storage APIs for Array Integration
Storage vMotion
Distribute Resource Scheduler &
Distributed Power Management
Distributed Switch
I/O Controls (Network and Storage)
Host Profiles
Auto deploy 
Profile-Driven Storage 
Storage DRS 
All editions include: Thin Provisioning, Update Manager, Storage APIs for Data Protection, Image Profile, and SLES (except Ess and Ess +)
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15. vSphere 5 Acceleration Kits
Essentials Standard Enterprise Enterprise
`  New in vSphere 5.0 Essentials Standard Enterprise
Plus AK AK Plus AK
Plus
Price per proc (license only) € 477,00 € 4.329,00 € 9.625,00 € 16.853,00 € 21.133,00
Includes 6 CPUs 6 CPUs 8 CPUs 6 CPUs 6 CPUs
Entitlements per CPU license
• vRAM Entitlement 32 GB 32 GB 32 GB 64 GB 96 GB
(192 GB max) (192 GB max) (256GB per kit) (384 per kit) (576 per kit)
• vCPU 8 way 8 way 8 way 8 way 32 way
Features
Hypervisor
High Availability
Data Recovery
vMotion
Virtual Serial Port Concentrator
Hot Add
vShield Zones
Fault Tolerance
Storage APIs for Array Integration
Storage vMotion
Distribute Resource Scheduler &
Distributed Power Management
Distributed Switch
I/O Controls (Network and Storage)
Host Profiles
Auto deploy 
Profile-Driven Storage 
Storage DRS 
All editions include: Thin Provisioning, Update Manager, Storage APIs for Data Protection, Image Profile, and SLES (except Ess and Ess +)
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16. Entitlement Paths for current vSphere 4.x customers
vSphere 4.x vSphere 5.0
Enterprise Plus Enterprise Plus
Enterprise Enterprise
Advanced
Standard Standard
Essentials Plus Essentials Plus
Essentials Essentials
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17. Upgrade Paths for vSphere Editions and Kits
Enterprise Enterprise Plus
Enterprise Plus
Standard Enterprise
Any one of the
Essentials Plus
Acceleration Kits
Any one of the
Acceleration Kits
Essentials Essentials Plus
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18. VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5
Entry level free product for single server virtualization
Full-featured hypervisor
 Based on VMware’s next generation hypervisor architecture, ESXi
 Provides the same performance, reliability and robustness of the
ESXi included with paid versions of VMware vSphere
Basic virtualization capabilities for a single host
 Cannot be centrally managed with vCenter Server
 Individual vSphere Hypervisor hosts can be remotely managed
with the vSphere Client
 Provides only basic server consolidation capabilities
Free
 Entitles to 32GB of vRAM per server and can be used on servers
with up to 32GB of physical RAM
 Can be easily upgraded to paid vSphere editions for central
management and advanced capabilities
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19. vSphere Desktop
Pricing and Packaging
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20. vSphere Desktop
 Pricing and licensing
• Licensed on a total number of Powered On
desktop virtual machines
•For server •For desktop • Available in pack size of 100 at a license list
virtualization virtualization price of $6,500 USD
only • Included with View end to end Bundles
 Eligibility
 All commercial, academic and government
customers
- SKUs: VS5-DT100VM-C, VS5-DT100VM-A,
VS5-DT100VM-F
vSphere
 Restrictions
Ess, Ess+, vSphere
Standard,  For hosting desktop virtualization ONLY
Desktop
Enterprise,  New purchases only
Enterprise +
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21. Updates to View 4 Add-on and Bundles Pricing
View View View View View
Enterprise Enterprise Premier Premier Premier
Bundle Add-on* Bundle Add-on* Upgrade
vSphere for Desktop  
vCenter Server
Standard for Desktop  
View Manager    
View Composer   
Local Mode   
vShield Endpoint   
ThinApp (Client +
Packager)   
Pricing
(per concurrent $150 $90 $250 $190 $100
(no change) (no change) (no change)
connection)
* vSphere 5 licenses purchased separately to run View Enterprise Add-on and View Premier Add-on will be subject to the
per processor pooled vRAM entitlement licensing
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22. vSphere Storage Appliance 1.0
Pricing and Packaging
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23. vSphere Storage Appliance - Shared Storage for Everyone
vSphere Storage Appliance
vSphere Storage Appliance
Shared storage capabilities,
without the cost and complexity
Price € 5.73,00
Licensing Per instance
(up to 3 nodes)
+ vSphere Essentials Plus w/
 Install in minutes vSphere Storage Appliance
1 Five click simplicity  Easy to use
 Saves money Price € 7.699,00
High Availability without  Survive server failures vSphere Storage Appliance
2 the need for shared  No more planned
available at 40% off
storage hardware downtime
when purchased with
vSphere Essentials Plus
World-class datacenter  Set and forget
3 capabilities – even for automation
small environments  Get more out of your
hardware
US pricing only. Pricing outside the US might vary
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24. VMware vCenter
Site Recovery Manager 5.0
Pricing and Packaging
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25. SRM 5 Editions Lineup
SRM 5
Standard Enterprise
Price per protected virtual machine
$195 $495
(license only)
Scalability Limits
(1)
• Maximum protected VMs 75 virtual machines Unlimited(2)
Features
• Support for storage-based replication
• Centralized recovery plans
• Non-disruptive testing
• Automated DR failover
• vSphere Replication
• Automated failback
• Planned migration
1. Maximum of 75 VMs per site and per SRM instance
2. Subject to the product’s technical scalability limits
New in SRM 5.0
US pricing only. Pricing outside the US might vary
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26. Entitlement Paths For Current SRM Customers
SRM 1 and SRM 4 SRM 5
5 licenses
SRM SRM Enterprise
SRM Enterprise
Processor license SRM Enterprise
‘VM license’
SRM Enterprise
‘VM license’
SRM license’
‘VM 5 Enterprise
‘VM license’
VM license
SRM SRM 5 Enterprise
VM license VM license
SRM 5 Standard
VM license
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27. VMware vCloud Director 1.5
Pricing and Packaging
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28. vCloud Solution Pricing & Promotions Summary
vCloud Director
vCloud vCloud vShield Solution Jumpstart
Director Chargeback Edge Promo Promo
Pricing and Licensing $150 $50 $150 $250 $250
• Price Per VM (license only) $3,750 $1,250 $3,750 $7,750 $108,000
• List Price (license only) - - - $6,250 $75,000
• Included Licenses 25 VMs 25 VMs 25 VMs 25 VMs 300 VMs + PSO
Products & Features
• vCloud Connector
• vCenter Chargeback
• vCloud Plug-in Library
• vCloud Director Engine
• vCloud Director User Interface
• vCloud Director Linked Clones
• vCloud Director Extensions
• vShield Networking Services
• vShield Stateful Firewalls
• vShield Network Isolation for N1kv
• vShield Edge VPN
• vShield Edge Load Balancer
• vCloud Jumpstart PSO Service
US pricing only. Pricing outside the US might vary New feature in 2011 H2 Improved feature in 2011 H2
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29. VMware vCenter Heartbeat 6.4
Pricing and Packaging
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30. vCenter Server & vCenter Server Heartbeat Lineup
vCenter Server vCenter Server
Foundation Standard
Heartbeat
Price (license only) $1,495 $4,995 Price (license only) $9,995
Entitlements vCenter Server
and its database
One License Protects
• Host Limitation up to 3 Hosts unlimited (can be on same or
different hosts)
Features
Features
• Unified management of all vSphere
• Protection from application,
Hosts and virtual machines
configuration, OS and hardware
• vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) related outages
• vSphere Web Client • vSphere Client Plug-in
• vCenter Orchestrator
• Linked Mode Protects
• vCenter Server 5.0
• Microsoft SQL
• View Composer 5.0
US pricing only. Pricing outside the US might vary New in vCenter Server 5.0 / Heartbeat 6.4
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31. vSphere 5.0 Licensing -
Detailed Examples
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32. Customer Scenario
 How do I license a host with vSphere 5?
 How much vRAM do I get with my vSphere 5 licenses?
 What is the vRAM pool?
 How many VMs can I run with my vRAM pool?
 How many VMs can I power on a host?
 What if my VMs move to a different host with vMotion or DRS?
 What is my vRAM pool if I have multiple vCenter Servers?
 What is my vRAM pool if I have more than one vSphere edition?
 How do I expand my vRAM pool?
 How do I license an new host and join it to my vRAM pool?
 What are the benefits of the vSphere 5 licensing model?
 Will vSphere 5 be more expensive for vSphere 4.x customers?
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33. How Many vSphere Licenses Do I Need?
Answer
In this example:  Like in vSphere 4.x, each CPU requires at
• Licensing Host A with vSphere 5 requires the least one license
same number of licenses as with vSphere 4.x  vSphere 5 licensing does not impose limits
• Licensing Host B with vSphere 5 requires half on number of cores per processor and
the licenses of vSphere 4.x (2 vs. 4) because physical RAM per server
vSphere 5 does not limit the number of cores
per processor
Example
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent Summary
1 1 1 1 Hosts 2
CPUs 4
CPU CPU CPU CPU
vSphere Licenses 4
Host A Host B
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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34. How Much vRAM Do I Get with My vSphere Licenses?
Answer
Each vSphere Enterprise Edition license
entitles to 64GB of vRAM. Each vSphere 5 processor license
includes a vRAM entitlement
Edition vRam per License
Enterprise Plus 96GB
64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
Enterprise 64GB
Standard 32GB
32GB
Essentials Plus
(192GB max)
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent 32GB
Essentials
(192GB max)
1 1 1 1
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host A Host B
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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35. What is the vRAM pool?
Answer
4 licenses of vSphere Enterprise Edition
provide a vRAM pool of 256GB (4 * 64 GB)
 When managing vSphere hosts with
vCenter, vRAM entitlements are pooled
 vRAM pool capacity is the max capacity
that can be used with the current set of
licenses
64GB
vRAM Pool (256GB) 64GB
64GB 64GB
VMware vCenter Server
Example
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent License the following servers with vSphere
Enterprise Edition:
1 1 1 1
Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Host A Host B
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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36. How Many VMs Can I Run with My vRAM pool?
 24 powered on VMs each with 4GB of configured
vRAM consume a total of 96GB Answer
 Powered off VMs do not consume vRAM capacity
 You can run as many VMs as you want as
long as the consumed vRAM capacity is
equal or less than the vRAM pool
 Only powered on VMs consume vRAM
capacity
VMware vCenter Server
Example
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent  User creates 32 VMs with 4GB of
configured vRAM and powers on only 24
1 1 1 1
Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Host A Host B
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Consumed vRAM (GB) 96
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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37. How Many VMs Can I Power-on a Host?
 By running 36VMs on host B the user consumes
a total of 144GB on Host B
Answer
 The two Enterprise Ed. Licenses used for Host B
contributes a total of 128GB of vRAM to the pool
 You can power on as many VMs as you as
you want on a host as long as the total
consumed vRAM is less or equal to
available vRAM pool
 If necessary, you can increase the available
vRAM pool capacity by adding more proc.
… licenses to a CPU
Example
VMware vCenter Server  User deploys 40 VMs each with 4GB of
configured vRAM distributing 4 VMs on Host
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent
A and 36 on Host B
1 1 1 1 Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU A B Pool
vSphere Lic. 2 2 4
Host A Host B VMs 4 36 40
Host A Consumed vRAM (GB) 16 144 160
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Host B VM Powered-off Processor vRam Pool (GB) 128 128 256
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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38. What if My VMs Move to a Different Host with vMotion or DRS?
Answer
Any VM can run on any host within a vRAM
pool. Since vRAM is pooled across all hosts of
the same vSphere edition under a vCenter
Server, the movement of VMs cannot cause
more vRAM to be needed.
Example
VMs on one host can vMotion to another without
VMware vCenter Server
impacting the consumed or available vRAM
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent capacity.
All VMs can even run on a single host, in effect
1 1 1 1 borrowing the vRAM capacity of the other host.
CPU CPU CPU CPU Summary
CPUs 4
Host A Host B vSphere Licenses 4
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1 Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License Consumed vRam (GB) 128
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39. What is My vRAM Pool if I Have Multiple vCenter Servers?
You must link the vCenter Servers to form a single Answer
vRAM pool. The resulting vRAM capacity is the
sum of the two site’s vRAM capacity.
The vRAM pool can extend across multiple
linked vCenter Servers. vCenter Servers
Site 1 Site 2 (Standard Edition) can be linked together using
Linked Mode.
Example
Site 1 and Site 2 each contain a host with two
licenses of Enterprise. Each site has 128GB of
pooled vRAM capacity in a separate pool.
VMware vCenter VMware vCenter When the vCenter Servers at each site are linked
Server Server
together, one vRAM pool is created with 256 GB
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent of pooled vRAM capacity.
1 1 1 1 Summary
Summary
Site 1 1 and 2 2
Site Site
CPU CPU CPU CPU
CPUs
CPUs 2 4 2
vSphere Licenses
vSphere Licenses 2 4 2
Host A Host B
Host A
Pooled vRAM (GB)
Pooled vRAM (GB) 128 256 128
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Host B VM Powered-off Processor Consumed vRam (GB)
Consumed vRam (GB) 64 128 64
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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40. t is My vRAM Pool if I Have More Than One vSphere
on?
Answer
Each edition of vSphere has a separate vRAM
pool. Adding licenses for one edition will not
add vRAM to other edition’s vRAM pool.
Example
Host X is licensed with two licenses of Enterprise
VMware vCenter Server Plus. There are two separate vRAM pools: one
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent
for Enterprise with 256 GB, another for Enterprise
vSphere Ent +
Plus with 192 GB.
1 1 1 1 1 1 Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU CPU CPU Ent Ent+
CPUs 4 2
Host A Host B Host X vSphere Licenses 4 2
Host A Pooled vRAM (GB) 256 192
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Host B VM Powered-off Processor Consumed vRam (GB) 128 96
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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41. I Need More vRAM Capacity. How Do I Expand my vRAM Pool?
Answer
There are two ways you can expand your
vRAM pool:
1) Upgrade all licenses to an edition with a
higher vRAM entitlement
2) Add more licenses of the current edition
… …
Example
VMware vCenter Server All 256GB of vRAM capacity is consumed.
Another 16 GB is needed for 4 additional VMs.
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent
1 1 1 1
Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Host A Host B
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Consumed vRam (GB) 256
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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42. I Need More vRAM Capacity. How Do I Expand my vRAM Pool?
Enterprise Plus is entitled to 96GB of vRAM.
4 licenses * 96GB = 384GB vRAM Answer
There are two ways you can expand your
vRAM pool:
1) Upgrade all licenses to an edition with a
higher vRAM entitlement
2) Add more licenses of the current edition
… …
Example
VMware vCenter Server All 256GB of vRAM capacity is consumed.
Another 16 GB is needed for 4 additional VMs.
vSphere Ent
vSphere Ent + vSphere Ent
vSphere Ent +
Upgrading all 4 licenses to Enterprise Plus would
1 1 1 1 raise the Pooled vRAM capacity to 384GB.
Summary
Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU
CPUs
CPUs 4
4
vSphere Licenses
vSphere Licenses 4
4
Host A Host B
Pooled vRAM (GB)
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
384
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Consumed vRam (GB)
Consumed vRam (GB) 256
272
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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43. I Need More vRAM Capacity. How Do I Expand my vRAM Pool?
One additional license of Enterprise will increase
the vRAM pool by 64GB, yielding a total pooled Answer
vRAM capacity of 320GB.
There are two ways you can expand your
vRAM pool:
1) Upgrade all licenses to an edition with a
higher vRAM entitlement
2) Add more licenses of the current edition
… …
Example
VMware vCenter Server All 256GB of vRAM capacity is consumed.
Another 16 GB is needed for 4 additional VMs.
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent
Adding one additional license of Enterprise would
1 1 1 1 1 increase the pooled vRAM capacity to 320GB.
Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
5
Host A Host B
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
320
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Consumed vRam (GB) 256
272
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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44. How Do I License a New Host and Join It to My vRAM Pool?
Answer
There are two ways to add a host:
1) Add additional licenses of the same edition.
2) If you have more licenses than CPUs, you
can deploy those licenses to the new host.
Pooled vRAM capacity will remain
unchanged.
Example
VMware vCenter Server A new host, Host C, needs to be licensed.
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent
1 1 1 1 1
Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU CPU
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 5
Host A Host B Host C
Pooled vRAM (GB) 320
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Consumed vRam (GB) 144
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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45. How Do I License a New Host and Join It to My vRAM Pool?
Pooled vRAM capacity is increased
by 64GB. As before, VMs can run
Answer
on any of the three hosts.
There are two ways to add a host:
1) Add additional licenses of the same edition
2) If you have more licenses than CPUs, you can
deploy those licenses to the new host. Pooled
vRAM capacity will remain unchanged.
Example
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vCenter Server A new host, Host C, needs to be licensed.
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent vSphere Ent One additional license of Enterprise is added. This
increases the pooled vRAM capacity to 384GB.
1 1 1 1 1 1
Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU CPU
CPUs 4
5
vSphere Licenses 5
6
Host A Host B Host C
Pooled vRAM (GB) 320
384
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Consumed vRam (GB) 144
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
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46. How Do I License a New Host and Join It to My vRAM Pool?
Pooled vRAM capacity remains
unchanged at 320GB. As before, the
Answer
VMs can run on any of the three hosts.
There are two ways to add a host:
1) Add additional licenses of the same edition.
2) If you have more licenses than CPUs,
you can deploy those licenses to the
new host. Pooled vRAM capacity will
remain unchanged.
Example
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vCenter Server A new host, Host C, needs to be licensed.
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent vSphere Ent No additional vRAM is needed and there are more licenses
than CPUs. A license can be redeployed to Host C. Pooled
vRAM capacity remains unchanged.
1 1 1 1 1
Summary
CPU CPU CPU CPU CPU
CPUs 5
4
vSphere Licenses 5
Host A Host B Host C
Pooled vRAM (GB) 320
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM 1
Consumed vRam (GB) 144
Host B VM Powered-off Processor
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM (4GB vRAM) VM License
46