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• VSphere Essentials Plus Kit vs Standard

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  I need help to make a decision here.  The environment is both physical server (2 CPU each) and they run out of a small local SAN.  I was going to get Essentials more but the problem is that it is around $ 5500 per server physical and that is almost as expensive as the server.  I'm looking for alternatives and I fell on VSphere Standard edition.  Although Essentials Plus has all the Bell and whistle I am looking for, but we can live with HA and vMotion.  The truth is that I can live with 15 minutes of downtime, I just need to know if I should get VSphere Standard edition or even Essentials that I have the opportunity to make a VM if I experience hardware failure?  Thank you in advance.

  Welcome to the community,

  vSphere Essentials Plus Kit comes with a license for an instance of vCenter Server Essentials and 6 CPU license for up to 3 guests with up to 2 processors each. No need to buy a Kit by server.

  André

• VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit Upgrade

  Hello

  We are currently running VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0 and VMware ESXi VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit license 5.1 with 5.1.0. I think the move to VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter Server 6.0 6.0

  
  

  I already had a host with ESXi 6.0 and I tried to use my existing on this host 6.0 Essentials Plus Kit License, but it does not work. I have to upgrade my license key? What are my options?
  

  VMware vSphere license key update

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  VMware vSphere 6 prices and licenses. United States

• VMWare vSphere Essentials Plus Kit

  My apologies in advance if this is posted in the wrong place - I'm going round and round, trying to find answers and appropriate to place.

  I have reflected on vSphere Essentials Plus Kit for 3 guests and just have a few questions.

  (1) the limitation specified 2 CPUs.  Does mean physical cores?  For example, I currently have a small number of virtual machines running on a HP DL360 G5 which has processor Xeon.  ESXi is reported as 2, but 8 cores.  So in this example VMWare will consider this 2 CPU or 8 CPU? (I realize that this material is not compatible with vSphere V5, but I'd be curious to understand the principle of limitation)

  (2) is in any way to migrate to ESXi 4.1 vSphere Essentials Plus Kit (which I suppose is 5.1?) because it would take me a hardware and software upgrade.  Or am I better implementation of a new system and use something like vCenter Converter to move virtual machines?

  (3) is there such a thing as a vSphere Essentials Plus Kit evaluation?  If this is not the case, how can I do for my test environment.  I don't want to invest in a new hardware/software, if for some reason any that does not work for me

  I'm looking to move to ESXi for reasons of redundancy and reslience.  I have only 1 ESXi box run currently with about 6 VM I'm not a major user and I think that more Kit Essentials fits the Bill on all the rest.

  Thanks in advance for your comments and advice.

  
  Paul

  vSphere supports different types of storage systems (NAS, iSCSI, FC,...). For a complete list of what is supported, please look at http://www.vmware.com/go/hcl

  André

• Essentials more Kit - can't find the Update Manager

  Hi all

  We are using VMware Essentials Plus Kit. Now, I want to update our vSphere ESXi hosts. Unfortunately I don't find the Update Manager in vSphere Client when connected to vCenter. See screen attached.

  1 belongs to Update Manager Essentials Plus Kit?

  2. How can I add update plugin eat at my facility?

  

  
  

  Thanks for help.

  Update Manager is a separate facility that AFAIK.  A server with a database connection is needed to run it.

  If you run the Vmware-VIMSetup-all file from a windows-based server, you will see the installer for the Manager to update as well as prerequisites for installation.

  Dean

• Cannot assign VMWare Essentials-PLUS license, says "vSphere FT" in use.

  I am desperately trying to activate VMWare Essentials plus, but when I try to asssign the key to these two hosts ESXi 5.0.0 get:

  License may not be assigned, features in use: vSphere FT

  The other key "In VSphere VMWare Server" just assigned very well.

  That amounts to two questions:

  How remove vSphete FT, even when disabling HA completely it always says "are in use."

  I was informed by a representative of VMWare "Fault Tolerance" is included in Essentials, but the reality seems to be different. So either I have a technical problem or we have been deceived.

  Any information to clarify what is happening is appreciated.

  Check the configuration of your network on the host, especially the VMKernel ports and make sure that you have not accidentally activate the checkbox "logging Fault Tolerance.

  André

• Issue licenses to be awarded assessment to vSphere 4 Essentials Plus

  Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
  Mode of assessment
  In vSphere 4 Essentials Plus (<>LICENSE KEY)

  Features in use:
  * vMotion

  I bought essentials more licenses include vMotion.  Why vSphere asks me to turn it off during the award of licenses to each host?

  I have 2 guests, and he complains about two of them.  My "assessment" "expires" in 7 days. Help!

  What version do you use? vMotion has been added to Essentials Plus 4.1 and is not available in 4.0. Using vMotion you must have vCenter Server and hosts on the 4.1 version.

  André

• License question - do need me a VSAN license for all hosts in a cluster?

  I have a 6 host cluster exist using the VSphere Essentials Plus package with a single server VCenter. Can I buy x VSAN 3 licenses, for example to add the storage to the 3 hosts I have install the VSAN license on and access the VSAN of the 3 other hosts in the cluster data store? (Assuming only 1 CPU for each host.)

  Thank you!

  Hi Daniel,.

  Since Virtual SAN is activated at the level of a cluster, all cluster hosts can consume storage since the virtual SAN data store regardless of how many guests contribute to storage. So to answer your question, you need all 6 hosts in your cluster license, even though only 3 of them contributed storage.

  Also note that the licenses are per CPU so in your scenario if each host has 2 CPUs, you need a total of 12 CPU licenses. I hope this helps.

  Chris

• Essentials Plus temporary installation

  I currently have two servers Dell PowerEdge T110 with hypervisor ESXi6 configuration.  Each server has 16 GB of RAM and the local drives of 1 TB.  My plan is to replace these servers with R630 servers with 24 GB of RAM, but that occur for 3 months another funding arrives.  I have already received our Essentials Plus package and want to create on the existing servers so that we can 'play' with it and get used to the system.

  I know the recommended minimum requirements, but think I might stretch what is a little until the upgrade servers arrive for my purpose.  So, my thought is this:

  update my hypervisor from ESXi6 to ESXi6 with the Essentials Plus licensing servers

  Installing vCenter with features incorporated in the form of an appliance

  I only have 2 network adapters on each server.  Then, I plan on the uplink connection as follows:

  1 uplink - management and Vmotion

  1 uplink - VM

  I'll keep the local disks for storage BUT when arrive upgrade servers I plan on converting these T110 servers NAS servers.  The R640s will be delivered with 4 network cards so I should be in good shape

  I think it will work temporarily for purposes can I training?  Any advice?

  Nothing inherently wrong with that. I think you'd be better of just standing back a new server vcenter for your new hosts and placing them in together and then dismantle this environment later. But even once, there is nothing wrong with what you want to do and then set up the policy of clustering and failover for ports VMK 1 active and 1 sleep just so you have a redundancy in all areas other than the fact that I place two network cards on a single vSwitch. If you use only local storage, however, vMotion is irrelevant. You will lose your mind in waiting for the virtual machines to move through a unique NETWORK adapter without shared storage.

• The upgrade of free vSphere vSphere Essentials Plus

  Can someone point me in the direction of the vSphere upgrade free to vSphere Essentials Plus? I'm relatively new to vSphere in the installation process.

  Yes, same procedure, but note that you will have a license key for version 4.x. If you have the license key for version 5.x and the host is version 4.x, you must upgrade your host to version 5.x or downgrade your license for version 4.x.

• What are the steps to upgrade to vCenter/vSphere Essentials Plus 5.0 to vCenter/vSphere 5.5 Standard?

  We currently have VMWare Essentials Plus on 3 hosts, with 2 processors each. We wanted to add 2 more ESX host, so we improved our standard for vCenter/vSphere license to version 5.5. We try to find the best possible route to install 5.5 on the hosts and upgrade the server vCenter Server with our new version of the granting of licenses and software. The best initial step would be to apply the new license in the current framework 5.0 hosts and vCenter server and then upgrade the software 1 by 1? Or apply the new license to our current Server vCenter, pgrade to 5.5 server and then upgrade each host? Our Dell Rep gave me this guide (updated for VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing for companies of all sizes |) United States) and mentioned if we need assistance, contact VMWare.

  Any guidance would be appreciated.

  5.0 and 5.5 must use the same keys. Then start by adding the new license key to your vCenter server then you are able to manage more than 3 guests.

  Next step would be to update the server vCenter to 5.5 so it can handle actually 5.5 hosts.

  Subsequently you would update the hosts.

  Host licenses can also be replaced at any time during this process, because they are also specific 5.x version.

  Theoretical you could even stay on 5.0 and simply replace licenses if they are not a sort of special license keys.

• VSphere Essentials Plus 5.1 to 5.5 upgrade

  Hello

  As it says in the title, I would like to upgrade Essentials Plus 5.1 to 5.5, but my question is:

  Can I use the same license or I have to buy a new one?

  Thank you

  Adrian

  There is no requirement to upgrade license for a minor update for example 5.0-5.1-> 5.5 > whereas it is so from say 4.1 - 5.0.

• Essentials Plus with 3 servers more than 192 GB?

  So basically I'm in the situation where each of the three servers ESXi 5.1 has 32 GB of memory.  I wanted to go to 64 GB however after asking Dell for technical brief for this.  We bought the memory and it got here, but I can't use the modules to obtain the memory needed (24 4 sticks).  Because each server requires a pair of 2 or 3 pairs.  So basically what I've discovered, is that each server would be cheaper to spend 72 GB instead of 64 GB at this point.  However 3 x 72 = 216 GB.  We know essentials plus only supports 192GO max that I read.  Then, how they are managed in what concerns each machine with 72 GB instead of 64 GB.  Two servers will show 72GO and the third 48GB?  Knows also distributed memory 64GB each on the three server?  Anyone run into this situation and what happens?

  In 5.1, the limits of the vRAM have disappeared - by socket only licensed

• vSphere Essentials Plus 5

  Afternoon people

  I have a client that I visited the other day and they decided to implement VMWARE ESX 4.1 in their environment, they use the following

  3 x ESX host servers

  1 x vCentre

  DRS

  2 x iSCSI without

  18 x Virtual Machines

  They have installed this as a POC on trial, somehow, they decided to P2V all their live servers in the closed ESX and are now their operational infrastructure. The trial license will expire in 2 weeks and I suggested that they buy vSphere Essentials 5, more than it supports only up to 3 guests complete with DRS which is what they use. My question is the license that is provided by VMWARE buying easily transposable to the current configuration without the need to upgrade all systems? The important thing is now that they can continue their VMs operating system.

  Thank you very much

  Yes - you will just need to apply the license on the vCenter server and they will be approved for essentials Plus-noreinstall rwequired -.

• Essentials Plus and Standard - two clusters

  Can someone confirm if it is possible to rotate the following scenario.

  4 guests in total servers

  2 first clustered servers

  2 second cluster servers

  1 x Essentials Plus license

  1 x Standard license

  Is it possible to have essentially more license (which hosts physical licenses 3) cover both servers in the cluster first, and the first server in the second cluster.  Then have a single Standard license covers the remaining in the second group server.  I would use then two separate vCenter servers to manage each cluster separately.

  Hope that makes sense

  Yes, you can manage mutiple bouquets with a unique vCenter - clusters can be in different geographic locations. You must upgrade the essentails more vCenter license since you can only manage 3 guests with this license.