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VMware Products in VI3.5 Foundation, Standard and Enterprise Editions

Details

What VMware products are available in the Virtual Infrastructure 3 Foundation, Standard and Enterprise editions?

Solution

VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Foundation edition includes:

- ESX Server 3.5

- Virtual SMP, VMFS

- VirtualCenter Agent

- Update Manager

- Consolidated Backup

VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Standard edition includes:

- ESX Server 3.5

- Virtual SMP, VMFS

- VirtualCenter Agent

- Update Manager

- Consolidated Backup

- VMware HA (Availability)

VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Enterprise edition includes:

- ESX Server 3.5

- Virtual SMP, VMFS

- VirtualCenter Agent

- Update Manager

- Consolidated Backup

- VMware HA (Availability)

- VMware VMotion (Live VM Migration)

- Storage VMotion (Live VM Disk File Migration)

- VMware DRS (Distributed Resource Management)

- VMware DPM (Distributed Power Management)

Note that the Virtual Center Management Server is not part of any of the above editions and needs to be purchased separately. The Virtual Center is required for HA, VMotion, DRS and DPM features.

For more information on how many licenses are required for your environment, see Creating a Single Host and Centralized License file on the licensing portal (1005132).

VMware products will appear in your license file as:

License Keyword

VMware Product

PROD_ESX_STARTER

VMware ESX Server Foundation

PROD_ESX_FULL

VMware ESX Server Standard/

ESX_FULL_BACKUP

VMware Consolidated Backup

PROD_VC

VirtualCenter Management Server

VC_ESXHOST

VirtualCenter Management Agent for ESX Server

VC_VMOTION

VMware VMotion

VC_DAS

VMware HA

VC_DRS

VMware DRS

For additional information or if the issue persists, please see Not enough licenses installed (1005265).

For more information on vSphere Editions, see Compare vSphere Editions for Mid-size and Enterprise Businesses.

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