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• feature of vSphere API licensed on vSphere Essentials kit

  I have a few doubts about the level of licesement to apply to our laboratory. We do snapshots via API against our stand-alone ESXi, so we need the "vSphere API' active feature. Is this feature included on the license "vSphere Essentials kit '?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  all editions of vSphere paid has full access to vSphere API only vSphere Hypervizor free edition is limited to only read the API.

  If you need backups through third-party solutions 3rd you will need API vStorage for the Protection of data which is also included

  overall paid kits and vSphere editions.

  Detailed Essentials see features:

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/products/vSphere/VMware-vSphere-Essentials-kits-datasheet.PDF

  Concerning

  P.

• Newbie question: ESXi 6.0 free vs vSphere Essentials Kit

  I currently have a server host running ESXi 5.5 (free version), accommodation mainly a lab with SQL servers and workstations Windows infrastructure.

  I plan to upgrade the vSphere Essentials Kit and I was wondering what are the additional benefits I would get paid Kit essentials ESXi free 6.0 vs.

  So far, I can think of the following:

  -Possibility to install on two additional host servers (however I don't really have this requirement for the moment)

  -Compatibility with VMWare as ALTARO and VEEAM backup software. (This would be beneficial)

  What are the other benefits Essentials Kit would offer a server environment unique host which would be sufficiently attractive to force one to go compared to the free version?

  Thank you for any comments.

  ArnieC

  Another great advantage will be the Server vCenter which adds lots of features and will help you manage all three hosts. Have a look here some of the additional benefits: http://www.vladan.fr/esxi-free-vs-paid/

• features of vSphere 4.1 vSphere Essentials Kit 5.1 vs esxi

  Hello

  I'm new here and I have my vSphere server knowledge is limited.

  Our company is currently leading a free version of the server esxi 4.1 vSphere.

  Now, we have reached a point where we intend to implement some automation of test for our software products. To do this, we need to be able to programmatically control the virtual test machines (power on / power off, go back to the snapshot, copy files, etc.). VSphere free version does not offer that, and it seems that we have to upgrade to a paid version.

  The question:

  Is this the version licensed vSphere 5.1 Kit Essentials offers at least the same features that the free version of vSphere 4.1 offers? I could imagine, the very basic paid the 5.1 version of vSphere Essentials Kit has done some limitations compared to the 4.1 vSpehre esxi, same if vSphere 5.1 Kit Essentials has the feature of writing available to the "remote command line interface" (which we would need to manage the test program by computers).

  Tounsiiaa you!

  Gatis

  I can't think of all the features of the free version that are not available in the edition of Essentials 5.1, except for the number of sockets/CPUs per host, which is limited to 2 with the Essentials Kits.

  André

• VSphere API is available in VMware vSphere Essentials Kit?

  Hello

  TL; DR: I would like to know if the vSphere API is available in VMware vSphere Essentials Kit.

  We evaluated VMware vSphere to build an environment very small test & dev to work. Since vSphere worked well during our assessment, we will buy vSphere licenses.

  We only need to operate a single ESXi host and we don't much care our virtual machines because they are used for testing only. Thus, we don't need features such as vMotion.

  However, take us pictures and we depend on the vSphere API, because we use pyVmomi to administer our virtual machines.

  Because we only run an ESXi host, need for API vSphere vCenter but did not need features such as vMotion, I think that the Kit Essentials fits our needs. But I'm not sure it provides the vSphere API. If anyone can confirm?

  Kind regards

  Yes, vSphere API are available in the Essentials kit.

  Please see KB

  Ref: KB VMware: vSphere 6.x products offer

• esxi free upgrade to VMware vSphere Essentials Kit

  Hi we are a small company with a new 1 and 1 old server sent us this question for the Department sales of vmware but have had no response.

  We have two questions we hope that someone has had a few experiences with.

  Currently we use free on our new server esxi5 if we buy VMware vSphere Essentials Kit

  1. is it just a matter of the conclusion of the license in the free version of esxi to give it functionality increase so there is not need to reinstall things?

  2 if we have VMware vSphere Essentials Kit it would allow us to use tools such as quest vRanger pro or Acronis vmProtect for backup and replication connection.

  It would be much cheaper than the use of VMware vSphere Essentials Kit pro and seems to do the same job.

  Thank you

  Welcome to the community!

  Is it just a matter of the conclusion of the license in the free version of esxi to give it functionality increase so there is not need to reinstall things?

  Yes enter vSphere Essentials Kit License keys will unlock the applicable for this Kit features, re - install ESXi will be not be held

  If we have VMware vSphere Essentials Kit it would allow us to use tools such as quest vRanger pro or Acronis vmProtect for backup and replication connection.

  vSphere Essentials Kit inclused vStorage APIs for Data Protection so you should be good to use the third-party data protection software

• What exactly is in the VMware vSphere Essentials Kit

  Yes I looked on the page and there seems to be a lot of xyz, but no definitive list of what is in the kit of essestials or even the pro kit.

  Ideally, this as the backup software, but would be nice to know all inclusive.

  VBackup Thinware said he needs of VMware Consolidated Backup, but Google takes me to the page on this point and when I go to buy, send me info about versions of VM, but nothing in the Kits except data backup API - tis more confusing for a new user.

  Kits Essentials is a set of licenses. The kit includes the licenses processor vSphere and vCenter Server for Essentials for an environment of maximum 3 guests (up to 2 CPUs) and capacity maximum vRAM grouped 192 GB. Kits scalability limits Essentials are applied to the product and may not be extended except by upgrading the complete kit to a top-range package. Cannot be decoupled or combined with other editions of VMware vSphere Essentials Kits are stand-alone solutions

  1. You can download and run up to 3 ESXi 5 guests with 2 processors
  2. You can download vCenter server and run one instance of vCenter
  3. You can download VMware Data Recovery to be able to backup your virtual machines without affecting the performance of the virtual machine

  Hope this helps

• Updated information on vSphere Essentials Kit

  Hi all, I have a few questions about the upgrade of an ESXi host (and soon two) free license in an essentials Kit 4.1 vSphere paid one.

  First question: do I need to reformat the machine (s) to upgrade or simply I can change the license key with the vSphere client?

  Second question: the statement "... means of solution for small offices to virtualize... three physical servers. "who, with the essentials kit I can use the same license with up to three physical hosts with no restriction on the number of virtual machines, I put on them?

  I ask because my plan is to divide my servers on two physical hosts and use a third as a machine of relief and emergency in the event of hardware failure, so a license kit unique essentials is integrate perfectly, but only if the included Storage API I would make backups while VMS are running and there is no restrictions on the number of physical host.

  Thanks in advance for any kind reply.

  The underlying OS is the same - the licesnse allows different features.

  No need to refpormat or re - install, you simply apply your new license and it's done.

  Good luck

• questions on the installation license vSphere 4

  Hello

  I have 3 hosts ESXi 4 (free) and do the jump to vCenter server. As part of the last server HP ordered, we got to host vSphere Essentials Plus 3 license. I used the activation code to generate license keys on the vmware.com website portal. I also downloaded and installed vCenter using VMware-VIMSetup-all - 4.0.0 - 208156.zip file

  My question is how to apply licenses on the vmware license portal, I see 2 licenses:

  vCenter Server 4 essentials (1 instance) and vSphere 4 Essentials Plus (6 CPU).

  So, clearly the essentials vCenter Server license is installed on the vCenter server. What the essentials most license? Is this also on the server? Have I not to enter certain licenses on each host?  I thought as essentials over the server vCenter license?

  One with 6 processors listed - you can convert?  When I first came to vCenter Foundation, I had a license for vCenter Server and 6 CPU license for vSphere 4 Adv (1 key).  What I had to do was to convert and you can choose how many processors to generate a key for.  Once I did it for 3 guests, I have now 3 license keys.  1 for each host with 2 processors.

  I hope that wasn't confusing.  Let me see if I can get a screenshot.

  I have it.

  You have the 'divide' licenses if you can.  If this isn't the case, I hope someone else can enlighten us.

  

• Questions about the upgrade to vSphere Essentials

  My group is looking to upgrade our ESXi (free) installation to vSphere Essentials. Before do us, I have a few questions (I tried calling & commercial VMWare email, but no one seems to be there):

  1. We have an existing ESXi to install, and we'll add a 2nd machine to host VMs can I use vCenter (from Essentials) to manage two computers?

  2. Requirements for vCenter status she has 2 CPUs, 4 GB of memory and 3 GB of disk space for up to 50 guests. However, we have 2 guests and we add a 3rd host is far in the future (in years). Can we run vCenter on an existing installation of windows server 2003? We have a server that meets these requirements, but it also makes other tasks (some calculations, files and backup service). Given these lighter constraints, will that be enough to manage our two hosts?

  Memory is a problem I think. But my vCenter with 9 guests and 150 VM a average 2-5% CPU load with 1 quad Xeon, so don't worry is not the CPU.

  Local Oracle DB installed on the machine of vCenter.

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• vSphere Essentials Kit - machine virtual vcpu

  Hi,.
  
  Please , someone tell me what is the maximum number of vCPU likely to be affected to a single virtual machine in VMware VSphere 5.5 U1 Essential Kit?
  
  Thank you very much
  
  (Sorry for my English( )

  
  

  
  

  Checkout below KB.

  VMware KB: Licensing for vSphere 5.5

  Also check the maximum configurations for VM

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vsphere5/R55/vSphere-55-configuration-maximums.PDF

• License VSphere Essentials Plus supports 4 total 4-processor computers?

  Hi all

  I need to buy more licenses for essential VSphere.

  My environment has 4 physical servers with a processor of each. This scenario applies only a license?

  If a license by CPU or by physical machine?

  Thank you

  Megi Franck

  Note from Moderator: thanks for posting discussions related to a product in the forum for this product area. Move this thread to the area "vSphere.

• VMware vSphere 5 Essentials Kit for 3 guests (3 physical servers)

  Hello

  I currently use the number of servers with the free version of VMWare ESXi 5.

  So now I want to use more RAM and want to have more tools like backup tool, clone.

  I've been reading in vmware site but it makes me a bit of confusion.

  Can someone clarify this for me:

  1. what should I do after the 'VMware vSphere Essentials Kit' command that allows me to manage 3 physical servers, while I use "VMware vSphere Client" free edition?

  2 should I change or action with "VMware vSphere Hypervisor?

  3. the fee of $495 is a right to life or it's annual fee? The subscription is required for first year only, is that correct?

  4. "VMware vSphere Essentials Kit' supports up to 192 GB of RAM per physical server and max of 32 GB of RAM per VM?

  5. What is the difference with "VMware vSphere Standard" edition?

  It's a few links I've read:

  www.VMware.com/Products/vSphere/compare.html

  Store.VMware.com/Store/VMware/en_US/Home

  Store.VMware.com/Store/VMware/en_US/PD/ProductID.282883900 & src = WWW_eBIZ_productpage_Essentials_Buy_US

  www.VMware.com/ve/Products/vSphere/Pricing.html

  Thank you very much!

  Post edited by: a.p. fixed the title (in capital letters)

  1 + 2) Just enter the new license key. No need to reinstall the hosts or stop the virtual machines. In the oder to the Manager of all 3 hosts from the same management interface, you must configure vCenter Server, which is included in the Kit of Essentials.

  3.) after the initial purchase, it's your decision if you renew the subscription after the first year.

  4.) there have been a few changes since release of vSphere regulatory policy 5. With the release of vSphere 5.5 all material limitations (cores per CPU and RAM) have been removed (see http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf).

  5.) see page 6 in Licensing, Pricing and packaging white paper

  André

• Do Datacenter, cada um com Essentials Kit Plus

  SE tenho duas licencas do vSphere Essentials Kit Plus, we know that esta Edition mourned ate 03 hosts, com 02 processadores.

  Posso em um mesmo vCenter gerenciar Doi Datacenter, cada um com esta versão Essentials? Or e cada um no seu vCenter?

  Obrigado!

  A licença vCenter as acompanha o e Kit Essentials Plus a vCenter Server Essentials, veja:

  VSphere Essentials Kit licenses are perpetual and does not expire. It includes 6 licenses processors of vSphere Essentials (for 3 servers with up to 2 processors each) and 1 license for vCenter Server Essentials the duration of the subscription includes the updates and new versions of the product selected in the selected period. Support for selected products can be chosen based on the incident.

  SE voce precisar gerenciar but realmente do 03 (very) hosts e wake 02 (duas) licencas do vSphere Essentials Kit, você vai precisar instalar 02 (DOI) vCenters separately.

• A new doubt on the license - VMware vSphere Essential Kit

  Hi guys,.

  I play virtualize physical servers in the company I work (about 10 smaller servers).

  To start some tests, I bought a Dell r.620 server with two processors and 64 GB of RAM.

  I think buy just one license of VMware vSphere Essential Kit, just to test some features, management, and support provided by VMware.

  My doubt is: to support all the RAM (64 GB), I have purchase a license of the vSphere Essential Kit, or I need TWO?

  I'm a little confused on how much physical RAM memory on a single server, the vShpere Essential Kit can handle.

  OK, I know I can use a free version. But this test server will be transformed into a production server, and that the price of the vSphere Essential Kit is very good, I would buy it and start my test as a test of "production"...

  Guys, sorry for my bad English, it is not my mother tongue. =(

  Thanks much for any help.

  Hi Alex,

  Since you are doing a test on a single server so a Kit should be good at this point. In addition to Essential Kit do not fully support 64 GB of RAM so no need to buy two. Only the free versions have limits in support of only 32 GB of RAM.

  Diagram below will give you a good idea on the different Kits.

  Also, you can read about licensing and prices here: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Pricing-Whitepaper.pdf

  

  Please let us know if you have any other questions.