This document discusses VMware's new vSphere 5 licensing model. Key points include:
- vSphere 5 introduces a new pooled vRAM licensing model where each processor license contributes to an overall vRAM entitlement pool shared across all hosts/VMs rather than individual per-host entitlements.
- Compliance is determined by whether the 12-month rolling average of consumed vRAM stays below the total pooled vRAM entitlement across all licenses.
- vSphere 5 is packaged into various new editions with different features and price points, including a new vSphere Desktop edition for VDI workloads with unlimited vRAM.
- Existing customers will generally move to the new model upon upgrading to vSphere 5 while
- vSphere 5.0 introduces several new platform enhancements including support for 2TB of host memory, 160 logical CPUs, and 512 VMs per host. ESXi now runs exclusively as the hypervisor.
- Storage features are improved with VMFS-5, which supports volumes over 2TB and faster operations. Storage DRS allows for initial placement and load balancing of VMs across datastores.
- Networking features include support for multiple vMotion NICs for faster migration. The new web client allows remote administration from any browser.
VMworld 2013: What's New in vSphere Platform & Storage VMworld
VMworld 2013
Kyle Gleed, VMware
Cormac Hogan, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMware is introducing major upgrades to its entire cloud infrastructure stack, including vSphere 5, which features a new licensing model based on pooled vRAM entitlements rather than physical constraints. Each vSphere license provides a set amount of vRAM that can be pooled across all hosts managed by a vCenter. As long as the total vRAM configured in VMs does not exceed the pooled entitlement amount, additional licenses are not required. The new model provides more flexibility and aligns costs with actual virtual resource usage rather than physical hardware.
Hyper-V vs. vSphere: Understanding the DifferencesSolarWinds
For more information on Virtualization Manager visit: http://www.solarwinds.com/virtualization-manager.aspx
Watch this webcast: http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/webcasts/hyper-v-vs-vsphere-understanding-the-differences.html
Watch this webinar with Scott Lowe, Founder and Managing Consultant at The 1610 Group, and SolarWinds virtualization expert Jonathan Reeve where they discuss “Hyper-V vs. vSphere: Understanding the differences.”
The virtualization market is abuzz with talk of different hypervisors – most prominently VMware ESX® versus Microsoft Hyper-V®, who together own over 90% of the market. Small and medium businesses are already moving quickly toward Hyper-V, and a growing number of larger organizations are beginning to put plans in place to transition some portion of their environment from ESX to Hyper-V.
In this webcast we explore the reasons for these changes and the ecosystems for these two platforms both now and in the future. We also take a look ahead to what is known about Hyper-V 3.0 and why it warrants an even deeper look when evaluating hypervisors for your future virtualization deployments.
This document provides an in-depth overview of VMware High Availability (HA). It discusses admission control policies, how HA calculates slot sizes based on CPU and memory reservations, and how it determines failover capacity. It also covers datastore heartbeats that HA uses to check host liveness and communicate during network outages, allowing it to determine if a host is failed, isolated, or partitioned. The document emphasizes properly configuring HA and understanding how reservations and runtime information impact its operation.
This document provides an overview of vMotion capabilities in VMware vSphere, including:
- Types of virtual machine migrations like vMotion, Storage vMotion, and shared-nothing vMotion.
- Requirements for vMotion like compatible CPUs and network connectivity.
- Enhanced features in vSphere 6 like separate vMotion networking stacks and long distance vMotion.
- Best practices for vMotion planning, limitations, and troubleshooting migration errors.
This document discusses VMware's new vSphere 5 licensing model. Key points include:
- vSphere 5 introduces a new pooled vRAM licensing model where each processor license contributes to an overall vRAM entitlement pool shared across all hosts/VMs rather than individual per-host entitlements.
- Compliance is determined by whether the 12-month rolling average of consumed vRAM stays below the total pooled vRAM entitlement across all licenses.
- vSphere 5 is packaged into various new editions with different features and price points, including a new vSphere Desktop edition for VDI workloads with unlimited vRAM.
- Existing customers will generally move to the new model upon upgrading to vSphere 5 while
- vSphere 5.0 introduces several new platform enhancements including support for 2TB of host memory, 160 logical CPUs, and 512 VMs per host. ESXi now runs exclusively as the hypervisor.
- Storage features are improved with VMFS-5, which supports volumes over 2TB and faster operations. Storage DRS allows for initial placement and load balancing of VMs across datastores.
- Networking features include support for multiple vMotion NICs for faster migration. The new web client allows remote administration from any browser.
VMworld 2013: What's New in vSphere Platform & Storage VMworld
VMworld 2013
Kyle Gleed, VMware
Cormac Hogan, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMware is introducing major upgrades to its entire cloud infrastructure stack, including vSphere 5, which features a new licensing model based on pooled vRAM entitlements rather than physical constraints. Each vSphere license provides a set amount of vRAM that can be pooled across all hosts managed by a vCenter. As long as the total vRAM configured in VMs does not exceed the pooled entitlement amount, additional licenses are not required. The new model provides more flexibility and aligns costs with actual virtual resource usage rather than physical hardware.
Hyper-V vs. vSphere: Understanding the DifferencesSolarWinds
For more information on Virtualization Manager visit: http://www.solarwinds.com/virtualization-manager.aspx
Watch this webcast: http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/webcasts/hyper-v-vs-vsphere-understanding-the-differences.html
Watch this webinar with Scott Lowe, Founder and Managing Consultant at The 1610 Group, and SolarWinds virtualization expert Jonathan Reeve where they discuss “Hyper-V vs. vSphere: Understanding the differences.”
The virtualization market is abuzz with talk of different hypervisors – most prominently VMware ESX® versus Microsoft Hyper-V®, who together own over 90% of the market. Small and medium businesses are already moving quickly toward Hyper-V, and a growing number of larger organizations are beginning to put plans in place to transition some portion of their environment from ESX to Hyper-V.
In this webcast we explore the reasons for these changes and the ecosystems for these two platforms both now and in the future. We also take a look ahead to what is known about Hyper-V 3.0 and why it warrants an even deeper look when evaluating hypervisors for your future virtualization deployments.
This document provides an in-depth overview of VMware High Availability (HA). It discusses admission control policies, how HA calculates slot sizes based on CPU and memory reservations, and how it determines failover capacity. It also covers datastore heartbeats that HA uses to check host liveness and communicate during network outages, allowing it to determine if a host is failed, isolated, or partitioned. The document emphasizes properly configuring HA and understanding how reservations and runtime information impact its operation.
This document provides an overview of vMotion capabilities in VMware vSphere, including:
- Types of virtual machine migrations like vMotion, Storage vMotion, and shared-nothing vMotion.
- Requirements for vMotion like compatible CPUs and network connectivity.
- Enhanced features in vSphere 6 like separate vMotion networking stacks and long distance vMotion.
- Best practices for vMotion planning, limitations, and troubleshooting migration errors.
The document discusses upgrading from vSphere 5.x to vSphere 6.0. It covers the new vCenter Server 6.0 architecture including the Platform Services Controller. It discusses different upgrade paths such as an in-place upgrade versus a new deployment. It also provides guidance on planning the upgrade, including creating a compatibility matrix, testing plans, and readiness checks.
The document summarizes a company's experience migrating from vSphere 4.1 to 5.0. Key aspects of the migration included upgrading ESXi and vCenter licenses, performing a new vCenter installation with vCenter Heartbeat for high availability, migrating VMs between ESXi hosts using a "shuttle" host, and implementing post-migration tasks like applying updates and permissions. The migration addressed challenges like multiple environments and sites, production uptime needs, and ensuring a highly available vCenter.
VMware vSphere 6.0 - Troubleshooting Training - Day 1Sanjeev Kumar
This document provides an introduction and overview of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage training course. It discusses how the course aligns with the VCP-Core certification exam blueprint and objectives. It also provides definitions of key data center concepts like tiers and an overview of the evolution of data centers. Finally, it discusses the history and benefits of data center virtualization using VMware technologies like ESXi, virtual machines, and vCenter Server.
Mythbusting goes virtual What's new in vSphere 5.1Eric Sloof
The document summarizes new features in vSphere 5.1 that address common myths about virtualization limitations. It discusses that vMotion can now occur without shared storage using enhanced vMotion, vSphere management no longer requires Windows with the new web client, vSphere Replication provides site disaster recovery without SRM, the VMFS host limit for linked clones increased from 8 to 32, and distributed switch configurations can now be backed up and restored.
VMworld 2014: Site Recovery Manager and vSphere ReplicationVMworld
Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication: What’s New Technical Deep Dive provides an overview of the new features in VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.8 and vSphere Replication 5.8. The document recaps SRM and VR, discusses new capabilities in SRM like vCAC integration and VSAN support, and new features in VR like reporting and MPIT recovery. It also reviews use cases, architecture, limitations and recommendations for both solutions.
This document provides an overview and introduction to virtual storage concepts in VMware vSphere, including NFS, iSCSI, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores. It discusses storage protocols, multipathing, and best practices for configuring and managing different types of datastores. The document is divided into several sections covering storage concepts, iSCSI, NFS, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores.
This is a presentation on storage-related changes in VMware vSphere 4.1. I gave this presentation at the Triad VMUG meeting in Greensboro, NC on January 28, 2011.
The document provides tips for improving performance and security in a vSphere 4.1 environment. It discusses new features in vSphere 4.1 related to networking, storage, memory compression, and management. It then outlines best practices for securing the virtual infrastructure, including using virtual networking segmentation, hardening ESXi hosts, protecting the vCenter management environment, and securing individual virtual machines. The document recommends configuration changes, tools, and resources to improve the security of the virtualization platform.
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 6.0 Lab ManualSanjeev Kumar
This document provides instructions for installing VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 6. It outlines the prerequisites needed, such as compatible versions of vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller installed on the protected and recovery sites. The steps of the SRM 6 installation process are described, including selecting installation options, registering with the PSC, and configuring local site settings. Key SRM components like the storage replication adapter and vSphere Replication appliances are also introduced.
Introduction - vSphere 5 High Availability (HA)Eric Sloof
VMware HA clusters enable a collection of ESXi hosts to work together so that, as a group, they provide higher levels of availability for virtual machines than each ESXi host could provide individually. When you plan the creation and usage of a new VMware HA cluster, the options you select affect the way that cluster responds
to failures of hosts or virtual machines.
VMware vSphere 6.0 includes several new and enhanced platform and management features. Key updates include increased scalability limits, improved ESXi account management, enhanced Microsoft clustering support, and new certificate lifecycle management capabilities. The vCenter Server has been improved with a Platform Services Controller, linked mode enhancements, cross-vCenter vMotion, and a redesigned web client. Networking features in vSphere 6.0 focus on increased flexibility and guaranteed bandwidth controls.
Hyper-V provides competitive advantages over VMware in the areas of core virtualization, private cloud infrastructure, scalability, storage capabilities, networking, security, mobility and high availability. It offers higher scalability, larger virtual machines and disks, more storage features, an extensible virtual switch, encryption, and live migration capabilities without additional licensing costs compared to VMware.
Backup virtual machines with XenServer 5.xThomas Krampe
This document discusses virtual machine backup on Citrix XenServer 5.5. It provides an overview of cold and hot backups and describes how XenServer supports offline and online backups through XenCenter and the command line interface. It then examines three examples of automated hot backup scripts - a Visual Basic script, Bash shell script, and Python script. The document evaluates these scripts and provides guidance on restoration of backed up virtual machines.
The document provides step-by-step instructions for installing VMware ESXi 6.0 on a server. It first lists the minimum hardware requirements including supported server hardware, CPUs, RAM, network adapters and storage. It then outlines the interactive installation process using a CD/DVD including selecting options, providing passwords, configuring networking and applying changes. Once complete, the vSphere client can be used to manage the new ESXi host.
VMware vCloud® Director™ (vCloud Director) orchestrates the provisioning of software-defned datacenter
services, to deliver complete virtual datacenters for easy consumption in minutes. Software-defned datacenter
services and virtual datacenters fundamentally simplify infrastructure provisioning and enable IT to move at the
speed of business.
Numerous enhancements are included within vCloud Director 5.1, making it the best infrastructure-as-a-service
(IaaS) solution in the marketplace today. This document highlights some of these key enhancements and is
targeted toward users who are familiar with previous vCloud Director releases.
VMware is transitioning its hypervisor architecture to exclusively use ESXi starting with the next release of vSphere. ESXi provides improvements over the previous ESX architecture such as a smaller code footprint that requires fewer patches, improved security since it runs without a separate operating system, and more streamlined deployment and management. The presented document reviews the architectural differences between ESX and ESXi, hardware monitoring and management capabilities in ESXi, security features, deployment options, command line interfaces, diagnostic tools, and addressing common questions about the transition.
The document discusses configuring VM storage profiles in vSphere 5 to help automate the deployment of virtual machines to the appropriate datastores. It involves creating storage capabilities to define storage characteristics, then using those capabilities to create VM storage profiles. These profiles are applied to virtual machine disks and clusters to ensure VMs are placed according to requirements. The process reduces administration and helps prevent misconfigurations when deploying new VMs.
Hyper v® 2012 vs v sphere™ 5.1 understanding the differencesSolarWinds
With Hyper-V 2012, Microsoft® has closed many of the gaps it previously had with VMware®, and this webcast will walk through a comparison of the scalability and features of both hypervisors:
· Architecture & footprint
· CPU & memory management
· Storage capabilities
· Mobility & availability
The discussion will provide a technical basis for understanding the pros and cons of both platforms for users looking to either choose one or who are considering using both.
vSphere defines VMware's virtualization product suite, including the ESXi hypervisor, vCenter management server, and vSphere Client interface. ESXi uses a proprietary kernel called vmkernel along with some open source components. Key features of vSphere include VMware HA, vMotion, and DRS for managing and migrating VMs across hosts. Troubleshooting performance issues involves tools like esxtop to monitor CPU, memory, and swap usage on ESXi hosts and VMs.
VMworld 2010 was VMware's annual user conference focused on virtualization and cloud computing. It saw record attendance of over 17,000 attendees. Key announcements included new versions of VMware View and vCloud Director, as well as the acquisitions of Integrien and TriCipher to enhance VMware's cloud management and security capabilities. VMware emphasized its vision of IT as a service and strategy of enabling hybrid clouds through partnerships. The conference highlighted VMware's role in driving the industry transition to cloud computing through virtualization and management technologies.
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The document discusses upgrading from vSphere 5.x to vSphere 6.0. It covers the new vCenter Server 6.0 architecture including the Platform Services Controller. It discusses different upgrade paths such as an in-place upgrade versus a new deployment. It also provides guidance on planning the upgrade, including creating a compatibility matrix, testing plans, and readiness checks.
The document summarizes a company's experience migrating from vSphere 4.1 to 5.0. Key aspects of the migration included upgrading ESXi and vCenter licenses, performing a new vCenter installation with vCenter Heartbeat for high availability, migrating VMs between ESXi hosts using a "shuttle" host, and implementing post-migration tasks like applying updates and permissions. The migration addressed challenges like multiple environments and sites, production uptime needs, and ensuring a highly available vCenter.
VMware vSphere 6.0 - Troubleshooting Training - Day 1Sanjeev Kumar
This document provides an introduction and overview of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage training course. It discusses how the course aligns with the VCP-Core certification exam blueprint and objectives. It also provides definitions of key data center concepts like tiers and an overview of the evolution of data centers. Finally, it discusses the history and benefits of data center virtualization using VMware technologies like ESXi, virtual machines, and vCenter Server.
Mythbusting goes virtual What's new in vSphere 5.1Eric Sloof
The document summarizes new features in vSphere 5.1 that address common myths about virtualization limitations. It discusses that vMotion can now occur without shared storage using enhanced vMotion, vSphere management no longer requires Windows with the new web client, vSphere Replication provides site disaster recovery without SRM, the VMFS host limit for linked clones increased from 8 to 32, and distributed switch configurations can now be backed up and restored.
VMworld 2014: Site Recovery Manager and vSphere ReplicationVMworld
Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication: What’s New Technical Deep Dive provides an overview of the new features in VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.8 and vSphere Replication 5.8. The document recaps SRM and VR, discusses new capabilities in SRM like vCAC integration and VSAN support, and new features in VR like reporting and MPIT recovery. It also reviews use cases, architecture, limitations and recommendations for both solutions.
This document provides an overview and introduction to virtual storage concepts in VMware vSphere, including NFS, iSCSI, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores. It discusses storage protocols, multipathing, and best practices for configuring and managing different types of datastores. The document is divided into several sections covering storage concepts, iSCSI, NFS, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores.
This is a presentation on storage-related changes in VMware vSphere 4.1. I gave this presentation at the Triad VMUG meeting in Greensboro, NC on January 28, 2011.
The document provides tips for improving performance and security in a vSphere 4.1 environment. It discusses new features in vSphere 4.1 related to networking, storage, memory compression, and management. It then outlines best practices for securing the virtual infrastructure, including using virtual networking segmentation, hardening ESXi hosts, protecting the vCenter management environment, and securing individual virtual machines. The document recommends configuration changes, tools, and resources to improve the security of the virtualization platform.
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 6.0 Lab ManualSanjeev Kumar
This document provides instructions for installing VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 6. It outlines the prerequisites needed, such as compatible versions of vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller installed on the protected and recovery sites. The steps of the SRM 6 installation process are described, including selecting installation options, registering with the PSC, and configuring local site settings. Key SRM components like the storage replication adapter and vSphere Replication appliances are also introduced.
Introduction - vSphere 5 High Availability (HA)Eric Sloof
VMware HA clusters enable a collection of ESXi hosts to work together so that, as a group, they provide higher levels of availability for virtual machines than each ESXi host could provide individually. When you plan the creation and usage of a new VMware HA cluster, the options you select affect the way that cluster responds
to failures of hosts or virtual machines.
VMware vSphere 6.0 includes several new and enhanced platform and management features. Key updates include increased scalability limits, improved ESXi account management, enhanced Microsoft clustering support, and new certificate lifecycle management capabilities. The vCenter Server has been improved with a Platform Services Controller, linked mode enhancements, cross-vCenter vMotion, and a redesigned web client. Networking features in vSphere 6.0 focus on increased flexibility and guaranteed bandwidth controls.
Hyper-V provides competitive advantages over VMware in the areas of core virtualization, private cloud infrastructure, scalability, storage capabilities, networking, security, mobility and high availability. It offers higher scalability, larger virtual machines and disks, more storage features, an extensible virtual switch, encryption, and live migration capabilities without additional licensing costs compared to VMware.
Backup virtual machines with XenServer 5.xThomas Krampe
This document discusses virtual machine backup on Citrix XenServer 5.5. It provides an overview of cold and hot backups and describes how XenServer supports offline and online backups through XenCenter and the command line interface. It then examines three examples of automated hot backup scripts - a Visual Basic script, Bash shell script, and Python script. The document evaluates these scripts and provides guidance on restoration of backed up virtual machines.
The document provides step-by-step instructions for installing VMware ESXi 6.0 on a server. It first lists the minimum hardware requirements including supported server hardware, CPUs, RAM, network adapters and storage. It then outlines the interactive installation process using a CD/DVD including selecting options, providing passwords, configuring networking and applying changes. Once complete, the vSphere client can be used to manage the new ESXi host.
VMware vCloud® Director™ (vCloud Director) orchestrates the provisioning of software-defned datacenter
services, to deliver complete virtual datacenters for easy consumption in minutes. Software-defned datacenter
services and virtual datacenters fundamentally simplify infrastructure provisioning and enable IT to move at the
speed of business.
Numerous enhancements are included within vCloud Director 5.1, making it the best infrastructure-as-a-service
(IaaS) solution in the marketplace today. This document highlights some of these key enhancements and is
targeted toward users who are familiar with previous vCloud Director releases.
VMware is transitioning its hypervisor architecture to exclusively use ESXi starting with the next release of vSphere. ESXi provides improvements over the previous ESX architecture such as a smaller code footprint that requires fewer patches, improved security since it runs without a separate operating system, and more streamlined deployment and management. The presented document reviews the architectural differences between ESX and ESXi, hardware monitoring and management capabilities in ESXi, security features, deployment options, command line interfaces, diagnostic tools, and addressing common questions about the transition.
The document discusses configuring VM storage profiles in vSphere 5 to help automate the deployment of virtual machines to the appropriate datastores. It involves creating storage capabilities to define storage characteristics, then using those capabilities to create VM storage profiles. These profiles are applied to virtual machine disks and clusters to ensure VMs are placed according to requirements. The process reduces administration and helps prevent misconfigurations when deploying new VMs.
Hyper v® 2012 vs v sphere™ 5.1 understanding the differencesSolarWinds
With Hyper-V 2012, Microsoft® has closed many of the gaps it previously had with VMware®, and this webcast will walk through a comparison of the scalability and features of both hypervisors:
· Architecture & footprint
· CPU & memory management
· Storage capabilities
· Mobility & availability
The discussion will provide a technical basis for understanding the pros and cons of both platforms for users looking to either choose one or who are considering using both.
vSphere defines VMware's virtualization product suite, including the ESXi hypervisor, vCenter management server, and vSphere Client interface. ESXi uses a proprietary kernel called vmkernel along with some open source components. Key features of vSphere include VMware HA, vMotion, and DRS for managing and migrating VMs across hosts. Troubleshooting performance issues involves tools like esxtop to monitor CPU, memory, and swap usage on ESXi hosts and VMs.
VMworld 2010 was VMware's annual user conference focused on virtualization and cloud computing. It saw record attendance of over 17,000 attendees. Key announcements included new versions of VMware View and vCloud Director, as well as the acquisitions of Integrien and TriCipher to enhance VMware's cloud management and security capabilities. VMware emphasized its vision of IT as a service and strategy of enabling hybrid clouds through partnerships. The conference highlighted VMware's role in driving the industry transition to cloud computing through virtualization and management technologies.
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V mware v sphere 5 fundamentals services kitsolarisyougood
This document provides an overview and summary of various VMware vSphere upgrade services and documentation. It includes a document map linking to guides, overviews, planning documents and other reference materials related to upgrading VMware vSphere environments from version 5.0 to 5.1. The summary also briefly outlines some key features of VMware vSphere such as vMotion, Storage vMotion, High Availability and vCenter Server editions.
VMware vSphere 4.1 provides significant enhancements to scalability, availability, security and manageability over vSphere 4.0. Key new features include Storage I/O Control to prioritize storage access, improved Storage Performance Reporting, Network I/O Control to prioritize network traffic, and Memory Compression to optimize memory usage. Enhancements deliver "cloud scale" with increased limits on VMs, hosts, clusters and more. Other improvements include faster vMotion, enhanced HA, expanded HCL and Active Directory integration. Overall, vSphere 4.1 delivers the capabilities needed for private and public cloud computing.
VMware Workbench is a next generation development kit and certification virtual appliance that provides a fully integrated development, testing, and troubleshooting environment for vSphere plugins and applications. It is based on the open source Eclipse IDE and supports the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering to packaging and support. The first version includes development kit plugins for device drivers, CIM providers, storage modules, and network filters as well as certification plugins for storage, servers, fault tolerance, device drivers, and network filters.
Vtug spring ahead Microsoft Storage Spaces by dan stolts (it pro-guru)csharney
This document discusses Windows Server 2012 R2's Storage Spaces feature, which provides virtualized storage for physical and virtual servers. Storage Spaces allows for the creation of storage pools using direct-attached disks, and provides features such as mirroring and parity for redundancy. It also discusses how Storage Spaces can be used to build highly scalable and resilient file servers.
This document provides an introduction to virtualization using VMware vSphere. It discusses key concepts of virtualization including virtual machines, ESXi architecture, and how vSphere fits into cloud computing environments. The document outlines lessons that cover comparing physical and virtual systems, vSphere user interfaces, and an overview of the ESXi hypervisor.
The document discusses VMware's vision and strategy for end user computing. It talks about transforming legacy systems into centrally managed services using VMware Mirage to provide device mobility, security and offline access. It also discusses delivering a multi-device workspace using Horizon to provide users with consistent access to applications and data from any device while allowing IT to manage access through centralized policies. The complete solution allows transforming legacy systems into a service with the highest levels of security, device mobility and management capabilities.
Virtualization was initially developed in the 1960s to improve usage of mainframe computers. It fell out of favor but was later successfully adapted by VMware in the 1990s to allow standard software to run on a multiprocessor system using middleware. VMware was founded in 1999 and released its first desktop and server products that year. VMware software provides virtual hardware that allows guest operating systems to run independently and be easily migrated between physical hosts. This allows for improved server consolidation and management in enterprises. Welch's Foods saw significant cost savings and efficiency gains through virtualizing over 80 servers on VMware infrastructure.
The document provides an overview of VMware as a leading infrastructure software company. It details that VMware had $1.9 billion in revenue in 2008, over $2 billion in cash, and over 150,000 customers including all of the Fortune 100 companies. The document also summarizes that VMware's virtualization solutions help customers reduce IT costs by 50-60% while improving flexibility, security, and the ability to innovate.
Presentation vmware building “your cloud”solarisyourep
The document discusses how to build a private cloud using VMware technologies. It describes how VMware vSphere virtualizes the environment, VMware vCloud Director is used to build the private cloud, and VMware vCloud Connector Plug-in allows migrating workloads between the private cloud and vSphere environments or public clouds. Professional services from VMware can help with planning and deploying the private cloud.
This document is an introduction to the course "VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage". The course aims to equip administrators with the skills to build and manage a VMware vSphere environment, including installing and configuring ESXi hosts and vCenter Server, and managing virtual machines. After completing the course, students should be able to perform tasks like configuring networking and storage, managing virtual machines, using vCenter Server for monitoring, and installing ESXi and vCenter Server.
VMware Outlines Its Own Journey to the CloudVMware
See how VMware, pioneers of the software-defined data center, are implementing their own IT transformation to take advantage of the benefits provided by an SDDC architecture.
This document discusses big data in the cloud and provides an overview of YARN. It begins with introducing the speaker and their experience with VMware and Apache Hadoop. The rest of the document covers: 1) trends in big data like the rise of YARN, faster query engines, and focus on enterprise capabilities, 2) how YARN addresses limitations of MapReduce by splitting responsibilities, 3) how YARN serves as a hub for various big data applications, and 4) how YARN can integrate with cloud infrastructure for elastic resource management between the two frameworks. The document advocates for open source contribution to help advance big data technologies.
VMworld 2013: Virtualization Rookie or Pro: Why vSphere is Your Best ChoiceVMworld
VMworld 2013
Eric Horschman, VMware
Jeff Margolese, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
You voiced your concerns. VMware listened: Major Adjustments to vSphere 5 lic...Softchoice Corporation
This document summarizes the key changes to VMware vSphere 5 licensing announced on August 10th, 2011. It outlines the consolidation of product editions, new definitions of vRAM entitlements based on average usage rather than peaks, and increased vRAM allowances. It also clarifies that vSphere 4 will continue to be supported for two versions, and customers have downgrade rights to move to vSphere 4 if needed. Contact information is provided for Softchoice, a top VMware reseller, to help customers understand and apply the new licensing changes.
The document discusses VMware's virtualization solutions including vSphere 4.0 and VMware View 4. It provides details on VMware's business metrics, the benefits of virtualization for reducing costs and downtime, and an overview of the new vSphere 4 editions and their features for consolidation, availability, and management.
This document summarizes key capabilities and features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 compared to the vSphere Hypervisor and vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus editions. It covers areas such as scalability, security, networking, storage and infrastructure flexibility. The document provides comparisons of specific features and limitations for areas like live migration, network isolation, SR-IOV support and storage encryption.
VMware introduced several new features in vSphere 6 including increased scalability limits, usability improvements to the vSphere Web Client, enhanced vMotion capabilities such as cross-vCenter and long distance vMotion, expanded fault tolerance support, and the introduction of vSphere Virtual Volumes and its policy-based management framework. Key networking updates included Network I/O Control version 3 and multiple TCP/IP stacks. Storage features focused on Virtual SAN enhancements, Storage DRS integration, and support for VASA 2.0 storage capabilities.
VMware is introducing a new product called vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) that provides shared storage capabilities without requiring shared storage hardware. VSA runs as a virtual machine on vSphere hosts and uses the internal disks of server nodes to cluster storage across the nodes. It enables key vSphere features like vMotion, High Availability, and DRS for small and midsize businesses that currently do not have shared storage. VSA installs in minutes, is easy to use, and saves customers money compared to traditional shared storage hardware alternatives by providing shared storage functionality at a lower cost.
VMware vSphere® 6.0 permet aux utilisateurs de virtualiser leurs applications verticales et horizontales en toute sécurité, redéfinit les besoins en disponibilité et simplifie la gestion du datacenter virtuel. Cette version majeure offre une infrastructure à la demande, hautement disponible et fiable qui constitue la base idéale pour tout environnement de Cloud Computing.
Horizon 6, la suite logicielle VDI de VMware, ajoute le support des postes de travail virtuels Linux, en plus de l’environnement Windows de Microsoft. L’éditeur de Palo Alto a lancé un programme d'accès précoce pour les clients désirant tester en avant-première Horizon 6 avec les distributions Linux de Red Hat et Ubuntu sur des ordinateurs distants et des terminaux mobiles.
Track 1 Virtualizing Critical Applications with VMWARE VISPHERE by Roshan ShettyEMC Forum India
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2. 2
vSphere vSphere vSphere
vCloud Director
vShield Security
vCenter Management
On July 12 2011 VMware is Introducing a Major Upgrade
of the Entire Cloud Infrastructure Stack
vCloud Director 1.5
vShield 5
vCenter SRM 5
vSphere 5
vSphere Storage Appliance 1.0
Cloud Infrastructure Launch
(vSphere, vCenter, vShield, vCloud Director)
New
4. 4
vSphere 5 licensing: Evolution Without Disruption
vSphere 4.x vSphere 5
Licensing Unit Processor = Processor
Core per proc Restricted < Unlimited
Physical RAM
per host
Restricted < Unlimited
Pooled vRAM
entitlement
NA ≠
Amt of vRAM pooled
across entire
environment
!
5. 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
6. 6
Key vRAM Concepts
Pooled vRAM Entitlement
Each vSphere 5 processor license comes with certain
amount of vRAM entitlement
Sum of all
processor license
entitlementsConsumed vRAM
Sum of vRAM
configured into all
powered on VMs
1
2
3
Compliance =
12 month rolling average of Consumed vRAM < Pooled vRAM Entitlement
4
7. 7
Key concepts - Example
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
vRAM Pool (256GB)
Consumed vRAM = 80 GB
4 licenses of vSphere
Enterprise Edition
provide a vRAM pool of
256GB (4 * 64 GB)
Customer creates
20 VMs with 4GB
vRAM each
Each vSphere Enterprise
Edition license entitles
to 64GB of vRAM.
Compliance =
12 month rolling average of Consumed vRAM < Pooled vRAM Entitlement
9. 9
vSphere 5.0 Licensing Model in More Detail
vSphere 4.1 and prior
Per CPU with Core and Physical
Memory Limits
vSphere 5.0 and later
Per CPU with
vRAM Entitlements
Licensing Unit CPU = CPU
SnS Unit CPU = CPU
Core per proc
Restrictions by vSphere editions
• 6 cores for Standard and Enterprise, Ess, Ess+
• 12 core for Advanced and Ent. Plus
< Unlimited
Physical RAM
capacity per host
Restrictions by vSphere edition
• 256GB for Standard, Advanced and Enterprise.
Ess, Ess+
• Unlimited for Enterprise Plus
< Unlimited
vRAM entitlement per
proc
Not applicable ≠
Entitlement by vSphere edition
• 32GB vRAM for Essentials Kit
• 32GB vRAM for Essentials Plus Kit
• 32GB vRAM for Standard
• 64GB vRAM for Enterprise
• 96GB vRAM for Enterprise Plus
Pooling of entitlements Not applicable <
YES – vRAM entitlements are pooled
among vSphere hosts managed by a
vCenter or linked vCenter instance
Max amount of vRAM per
VM counted
Not applicable ≠
96GB – a powered on VM will count for a
maximum of 96GB against the pool
regardless of its actual configured amount
Compliance policies
• Purchase in advance of use
• High Watermark =
• Purchase in advance of use
• 12 months rolling average of daily
high watermark
Monitoring tool Not applicable ≠ YES – built-into vCenter Server 5.0
10. 10
vRAM Pool
(using 80 GB out of 256GB)
vSphere 5 Licensing In Action
Each CPU must have at least one vSphere license
assigned
• Cores and physical RAM do not matter
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
consume a total of 80GB vRAM
• It doesn’t matter how many VMs you run and on which
hosts you run them.
• vMotion, DRS, HA do not require additional licenses
At any point in time the 12 month rolling average of
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:
• Upgrading all CPUs to higher end vSphere Edition
• Adding processor licenses to the same set of CPUs
• Adding a new host with new licenses
VM
(4GB vRAM)
1
Processor
License
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VMware vCenter Server
vSphere 5.0How does it work?
11. 11
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
12. 12
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
13. 13
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 $6,500 USD
• 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
15. 15
All editions include: Thin Provisioning, Update Manager, Storage APIs for Data Protection, Image Profile, and SLES (except Ess and Ess +)
` Essentials
Essentials
Plus
Standard Enterprise
Enterprise
Plus
Price per proc (license only) $83 $749 $995 $2,875 $3,495
vRAM Entitlement per proc 32 GB 32GB 32 GB 64 GB 96 GB
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
Essentials
Essentials
Plus
Standard Advanced Enterprise
Enterprise
Plus
New in vSphere 5.0
vSphere
Storage
Appliance
+
$7,995
vSphere 5 Editions
16. 16
` Essentials
Essentials
Plus
Standard Enterprise
Enterprise
Plus
Price per proc (license only) $495 $4,495 $10,000 $17,495 $21,995
Includes 6 CPUs 6 CPUs 8 CPUs 6 CPUs 6 CPUs
Entitlements per CPU license
• vRAM Entitlement 32 GB
(192 GB max)
32 GB
(192 GB max)
32 GB
(256GB per kit)
64 GB
(384 per kit)
96 GB
(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 +)
Essentials
Essentials
Plus
Standard
AK
Enterprise
AK
Enterprise
Plus AK New in vSphere 5.0
vSphere 5 Acceleration Kits
17. 17
Cisco Nexus 1000V – Licensing and Pricing
Cisco Nexus 1000V
$695List Price
PricingLicensing
The Nexus 1000V is licensed on a per CPU
basis (just like vSphere editions and kits)
vSphere’s most powerful edition
combined with advanced
networking capabilities!
vSphere 5 Enterprise Plus
w/ Cisco Nexus 1000V
+
$3,895List Price
vSphere
Nexus
1000V
Nexus 1000V
VM VM VM VM
18. 18
Entitlement Paths for current vSphere 4.x customers
vSphere 4.x vSphere 5.0
Enterprise Plus
Enterprise
Advanced
Standard
Essentials Plus
Essentials
Enterprise Plus
Enterprise
Standard
Essentials Plus
Essentials
19. 19
Upgrade Paths for vSphere Editions and Kits
Enterprise
Standard
Enterprise Plus
Enterprise Plus
Enterprise
Essentials Plus
Essentials
Any one of the
Acceleration Kits
Essentials Plus
Any one of the
Acceleration Kits
20. 20
VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5
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
Entry level free product for single server virtualization
22. 22 Confidential
vSphere Desktop
Pricing and licensing
• Licensed on a total number of Powered On
desktop virtual machines
• Available in pack size of 100 at a license list
price of $6,500 USD
• Included with View end to end Bundles
Eligibility
All commercial, academic and government
customers
- SKUs: VS5-DT100VM-C, VS5-DT100VM-A,
VS5-DT100VM-F
Restrictions
For hosting desktop virtualization ONLY
New purchases only
•For server
virtualization
vSphere
Ess, Ess+,
Standard,
Enterprise,
Enterprise +
vSphere
Desktop
•For desktop
virtualization
only
23. 23 Confidential
Updates to View 4 Add-on and Bundles Pricing
View
Enterprise
Bundle
View
Enterprise
Add-on*
View
Premier
Bundle
View
Premier
Add-on*
View
Premier
Upgrade
vSphere for Desktop
vCenter Server
Standard for Desktop
View Manager
View Composer
Local Mode
vShield Endpoint
ThinApp (Client +
Packager)
Pricing
(per concurrent
connection)
$150
(no change)
$90 $250
(no change)
$190 $100
(no change)
* 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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vSphere Storage Appliance - Shared Storage for Everyone
Five click simplicity
Install in minutes
Easy to use
Saves money
1
High Availability without
the need for shared
storage hardware
Survive server failures
No more planned
downtime
2
Set and forget
automation
Get more out of your
hardware
World-class datacenter
capabilities – even for
small environments
3
vSphere Storage Appliance
Licensing
Shared storage capabilities,
without the cost and complexity
vSphere Storage Appliance
$5,995Price
Per instance
(up to 3 nodes)
vSphere Storage Appliance
available at 40% off
when purchased with
vSphere Essentials Plus
$7,995Price
vSphere Essentials Plus w/
vSphere Storage Appliance
+
US pricing only. Pricing outside the US might vary
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SRM 5 Editions Lineup
SRM 5
Standard Enterprise
Price per protected virtual machine
(license only)
$195 $495
Scalability Limits
• Maximum protected VMs 75 virtual machines
(1)
Unlimited(2)
Features
• Support for storage-based replication
• Centralized recovery plans
• Non-disruptive testing
• Automated DR failover
• vSphere Replication
• Automated failback
• Planned migration
New in SRM 5.0
1. Maximum of 75 VMs per site and per SRM instance
2. Subject to the product’s technical scalability limits
US pricing only. Pricing outside the US might vary
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SRM 1 and SRM 4 SRM 5
Entitlement Paths For Current SRM Customers
SRM
Processor license
SRM
VM license
SRM Enterprise
‘VM license’
SRM 5 Standard
VM license
SRM Enterprise
‘VM license’
SRM Enterprise
‘VM license’
SRM Enterprise
‘VM license’
SRM 5 Enterprise
VM license
5 licenses
SRM 5 Enterprise
VM license
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vShield 5.0 Lineup
vShield 5.0
vShield
Zones
vShield
Endpoint
vShield
Edge
vShield App
(Incl. Endpoint)
vShield App
with Data
Security
vShield
Bundle
Price per VM
(license only
Included
w/vSphere
$50 $150 $150 $200 $300
• List Price (license only) $1,250 $3,750 $3,750 $5,000 $7,500
• Included licenses 25 VMs 25VMs 25VMs 25VMs 25VMs
Features
• Anti-virus performance
improvement, 3rd party policy
services
• Security groups, user defined
policies, flow monitoring,
hypervisor level firewall
Flow moni-
toring, Firewall,
Container level
policy
• Firewall, VPN, LB, NAT,
DHCP
• Role based access control
• Trusted segmentation in
cloud - L2 Firewall,
Overlapping IP/MAC,
Visibility into orgs
• Sensitive data discovery
New in vSphere 5.0US pricing only. Pricing outside the US might vary
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vShield 1.0 vShield 5.0
Entitlement Paths for Current vShield 1.0 Customers
End Point
App + End Point
Edge
End Point
App + End Point
Edge
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Upgrade Paths for vShield Products
Edge
vShield Bundle
Edge
App + End Point
End Point
App + End Point +
Data Security
End Point
App + End Point
App + End Point
No upgrade
SKU to full
Bundle
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vCenter Server & vCenter Server Heartbeat Lineup
vCenter Server
Foundation Standard
Price (license only) $1,495 $4,995
Entitlements
• Host Limitation up to 3 Hosts unlimited
Features
• Unified management of all vSphere
Hosts and virtual machines
• vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)
• vSphere Web Client
• vCenter Orchestrator
• Linked Mode
New in vCenter Server 5.0 / Heartbeat 6.4
vCenter Server
Heartbeat
Price (license only) $9,995
One License Protects
vCenter Server
and its database
(can be on same or
different hosts)
Features
• Protection from application,
configuration, OS and hardware
related outages
• vSphere Client Plug-in
Protects
• vCenter Server 5.0
• Microsoft SQL
• View Composer 5.0
US pricing only. Pricing outside the US might vary
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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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How Many vSphere Licenses Do I Need?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
In this example:
• Licensing Host A with vSphere 5 requires the
same number of licenses as with vSphere 4.x
• Licensing Host B with vSphere 5 requires half
the licenses of vSphere 4.x (2 vs. 4) because
vSphere 5 does not limit the number of cores
per processor
Answer
Example
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
Like in vSphere 4.x, each CPU requires at
least one license
vSphere 5 licensing does not impose limits
on number of cores per processor and
physical RAM per server
Summary
Hosts 2
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
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How Much vRAM Do I Get with My vSphere Licenses?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Answer
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
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
Enterprise 64GB
Standard 32GB
Essentials Plus
32GB
(192GB max)
Essentials
32GB
(192GB max)
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What is the vRAM pool?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
Answer
Example
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
License the following servers with vSphere
Enterprise Edition:
Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
4 licenses of vSphere Enterprise Edition
provide a vRAM pool of 256GB (4 * 64 GB)
64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
vRAM Pool (256GB)
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How Many VMs Can I Run with My vRAM pool?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
Answer
Example
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
Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Consumed vRAM (GB) 96
User creates 32 VMs with 4GB of
configured vRAM and powers on only 24
24 powered on VMs each with 4GB of configured
vRAM consume a total of 96GB
Powered off VMs do not consume vRAM capacity
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How Many VMs Can I Power-on a Host?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
Answer
Example
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
Summary
A B Pool
vSphere Lic. 2 2 4
VMs 4 36 40
Consumed vRAM (GB) 16 144 160
vRam Pool (GB) 128 128 256
User deploys 40 VMs each with 4GB of
configured vRAM distributing 4 VMs on Host
A and 36 on Host B
By running 36VMs on host B the user consumes
a total of 144GB on Host B
The two Enterprise Ed. Licenses used for Host B
contributes a total of 128GB of vRAM to the pool
…
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What if My VMs Move to a Different Host with vMotion or DRS?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
Answer
Example
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.
Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Consumed vRam (GB) 128
VMs on one host can vMotion to another without
impacting the consumed or available vRAM
capacity.
All VMs can even run on a single host, in effect
borrowing the vRAM capacity of the other host.
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What is My vRAM Pool if I Have Multiple vCenter Servers?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter
Server
Answer
Example
The vRAM pool can extend across multiple
linked vCenter Servers. vCenter Servers
(Standard Edition) can be linked together using
Linked Mode.
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.
When the vCenter Servers at each site are linked
together, one vRAM pool is created with 256 GB
of pooled vRAM capacity.
VMware vCenter
Server
Site 1 Site 2
Summary
Site 1 Site 2
CPUs 2 2
vSphere Licenses 2 2
Pooled vRAM (GB) 128 128
Consumed vRam (GB) 64 64
Summary
Site 1 and 2
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Consumed vRam (GB) 128
You must link the vCenter Servers to form a single
vRAM pool. The resulting vRAM capacity is the
sum of the two site’s vRAM capacity.
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What is My vRAM Pool if I Have More Than One vSphere
Edition?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
Answer
Example
Each edition of vSphere has a separate vRAM
pool. Adding licenses for one edition will not
add vRAM to other edition’s vRAM pool.
Host X is licensed with two licenses of Enterprise
Plus. There are two separate vRAM pools: one
for Enterprise with 256 GB, another for Enterprise
Plus with 192 GB.
Summary
Ent Ent+
CPUs 4 2
vSphere Licenses 4 2
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256 192
Consumed vRam (GB) 128 96
Host X
1 1
vSphere Ent +
CPU CPU
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I Need More vRAM Capacity. How Do I Expand my vRAM Pool?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
Answer
Example
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
Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Consumed vRam (GB) 256
All 256GB of vRAM capacity is consumed.
Another 16 GB is needed for 4 additional VMs.
… …
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Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Consumed vRam (GB) 256
Example
I Need More vRAM Capacity. How Do I Expand my vRAM Pool?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
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
vSphere Ent + vSphere Ent +
Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Pooled vRAM (GB) 384
Consumed vRam (GB) 272
All 256GB of vRAM capacity is consumed.
Another 16 GB is needed for 4 additional VMs.
Upgrading all 4 licenses to Enterprise Plus would
raise the Pooled vRAM capacity to 384GB.
Enterprise Plus is entitled to 96GB of vRAM.
4 licenses * 96GB = 384GB vRAM
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Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 4
Pooled vRAM (GB) 256
Consumed vRam (GB) 256
Example
All 256GB of vRAM capacity is consumed.
Another 16 GB is needed for 4 additional VMs.
Adding one additional license of Enterprise would
increase the pooled vRAM capacity to 320GB.
I Need More vRAM Capacity. How Do I Expand my vRAM Pool?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
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
1
Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 5
Pooled vRAM (GB) 320
Consumed vRam (GB) 272
One additional license of Enterprise will increase
the vRAM pool by 64GB, yielding a total pooled
vRAM capacity of 320GB.
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How Do I License a New Host and Join It to My vRAM Pool?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
Answer
Example
A new host, Host C, needs to be licensed.
Host C
CPU
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.
Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 5
Pooled vRAM (GB) 320
Consumed vRam (GB) 144
1
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Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 5
Pooled vRAM (GB) 320
Consumed vRam (GB) 144
vSphere Ent
How Do I License a New Host and Join It to My vRAM Pool?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
Answer
Example
A new host, Host C, needs to be licensed.
One additional license of Enterprise is added. This
increases the pooled vRAM capacity to 384GB.
Host C
CPU
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.
1 1
VMware vCenter Server
Summary
CPUs 5
vSphere Licenses 6
Pooled vRAM (GB) 384
Consumed vRam (GB) 144
Pooled vRAM capacity is increased
by 64GB. As before, VMs can run
on any of the three hosts.
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Summary
CPUs 4
vSphere Licenses 5
Pooled vRAM (GB) 320
Consumed vRam (GB) 144
How Do I License a New Host and Join It to My vRAM Pool?
Host A
1 1
vSphere Ent
1 1
vSphere Ent
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host B
VM
(4GB vRAM)
Powered-off
VM
1
Processor
License
Host A
2 sockets, 4 cores per CPU, 48GB RAM
Host B
2 sockets, 12 cores per CPU, 64GB RAM
VMware vCenter Server
Answer
Example
Host C
CPU
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.
1
A new host, Host C, needs to be licensed.
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.
vSphere Ent
VMware vCenter Server
Summary
CPUs 5
vSphere Licenses 5
Pooled vRAM (GB) 320
Consumed vRam (GB) 144
Pooled vRAM capacity remains
unchanged at 320GB. As before, the
VMs can run on any of the three hosts.
Editor's Notes
Customers are getting hit by core and physical memory restrictions
“How will I license vSphere when my CPUs are over 6 or 12 cores?”
CPU cores and physical entitlements are tied to a single server and cannot be shared among multiple ones reducing flexibility and utilization
Rapid introduction of new hardware technologies require constant amendments to the licensing mode creating uncertainty over planning
“What happens if I use SSD or hyperthreading or etc.?”
Hardware based entitlements make it difficult for customers to transition to the usage based cost and chargeback models that characterize cloud computing and IT as a Service
vSphere Desktop is a new edition of vSphere for deploying desktop virtualization. It provides the full range of features and functionalities of the vSphere Enterprise+ edition allowing you to achieve scalability, high availability and optimal performance for all of your desktop workloads. Also, vSphere Desktop enables you to realize high virtual desktop consolidation ratio by leveraging the entire memory available with your hardware infrastructure.
The vSphere Desktop edition is intended for customers who want to purchase new vSphere licenses to deploy desktop virtualization. It is already included in the View Bundle – The desktop virtualization product from VMware.
vSphere Desktop is licensed based on the total number of Powered On Desktop Virtual Machines. It is available in a pack size of 100 desktop VM at a license list price of $6500 USD.
vSphere Desktop can be used only for hosting a VDI environment
With vSphere Desktop, desktop virtualization customers can achieve high virtual desktop consolidation ratios at a lower cost as vSphere Desktop is not subject to a vRAM limitation. Also, vSphere Desktop comes with the full range of features and functionalities of vSphere Enterprise+, offering reliability, scalability and optimal performance for all your desktop workloads.
vSphere Desktop is already included in all VMware View bundled SKUs and is not subject to a vRAM limitation.
Benefits of VMware ESXi Hypervisor Architecture
ESXi is our latest hypervisor architecture and it has been optimized for maximum reliability, performance, and ease of management.
It has a compact design, it is the only hypervisor architecture that is OS independent. No service console so all management has to be done outside of the server – better architecture for management, higher reliability b/c of its small attack surface, high performance
It’s simpler to deploy
The hypervisor architecture of VMware vSphere plays a critical role in the management of the virtual infrastructure. The introduction of the bare-metal ESX architecture in 2001 significantly enhanced performance and reliability, which in turn allowed customers to extend the benefits of virtualization to their mission-critical applications. Once again, the introduction of the ESXi architecture represents a similar leap forward in reliability and virtualization management. Less than 5% of the size of ESX, VMware ESXi runs independently of an operating system and improves hypervisor management in the areas of security, deployment and configuration, and ongoing administration.
Full Featured
Improve Reliability and Security.
The older architecture of VMware ESX relies on a Linux-based console operating system (OS) for serviceability and agent-based partner integration. In the new, operating-system independent ESXi architecture, the approximately 2 GB console OS has been removed and the necessary management functionality has been implemented directly in the core kernel. Eliminating the console OS drastically reduces the codebase size of ESXi to approximately 100 MB improving security and reliability by removing the security vulnerabilities associated with a general purpose operating system.
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Streamline Deployment and Configuration.
ESXi has far fewer configuration items than ESX, greatly simplifying deployment and configuration and making it easier to maintain consistency.
Reduce Management Overhead.
The API-based partner integration model of ESXi eliminates the need to install and manage third party management agents. You can automate routine tasks by leveraging remote command line scripting environments such as vCLI or PowerCLI.
Simplify Hypervisor Patching and Updating.
Due to its smaller size and fewer components, ESXi requires far fewer patches than ESX, shortening service windows and reducing security vulnerabilities. Over its lifetime, ESXi 3.5 required approximately 10 times fewer patches than ESX 3.5.
vSphere Desktop is available to all commercial, academic, and government customers who want to purchase new licenses of vSphere to host desktop virtualization.
Customers who purchase the VMware View bundles get vSphere Desktop. vSphere Desktop is not subject to any vRAM limitation.
This offer extends only to the purchases of new vSphere licenses. All eligible vSphere 4 (or earlier version of vSphere) licenses used for desktop virtualization will not be upgraded to the vSphere Desktop SKU. These licenses will be migrated to the corresponding vSphere 5 edition and not to vSphere Desktop.
SRM 5 now comes in two editions: Standard and Enterprise. Standard is designed for smaller environments, and can be used to protect up to 75 VMs (per site and per SRM instance). Enterprise is designed for larger environments with more than 75 VMs to protect. Both editions are full-featured and include vSphere Replication, automated failback, and planned migration.
The tiered SRM editions provide a particularly attractive price-point for SMBs and Remote Offices – at $195 per VM. This is a steep reduction from the standard SRM 4 list price of $450 / VM. This more attractive price-point will enable smaller organizations and sites to leverage vSphere Replication and significantly reduce the overall DR costs.
SRM Enterprise is priced at $495 / VM, a very small increment to SRM 4 which now includes vSphere Replication and the other new SRM 5 capabilities.
Existing SRM 4.x and SRM 1.x customer that are current on Support & Subscription are entitled to SRM 5 at no additional cost. Customers will be provided with SRM 5 Enterprise licenses. Per proc customers will receive 5 VMs of SRM 5 Enterprise for each processor license.