VMWare ESX Server Licensing Simplified

VMWare ESX 3.5

Levels

1)      Foundation

a.       Basic VMWare host OS to run multiple Guest OS’s

b.      VMFS

c.       Virtual SMP

d.      VirtualCenter manageable – Requires VC

e.       Consolidated Backup – Requires VC

f.        Update Manager – Requires VC

2)      Standard

a.       Foundation features plus

b.      High Availability – Requires VC

3)      Enterprise

a.       Standard features plus

b.      VMotion – Requires VC

c.       Storage VMotion – Requires VC

d.      Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) – Requires VC

 

VirtualCenter (VC) Includes

a)      License Server

b)      Update Manager

c)      DRS Management

d)      VMotion Management

e)      VMWare Converter Enterprise