VMware vSphere 6 There are many new features and enhancements, but as you know there are different pricing and licensing models. It is available as a la carte licensing priced on a per CPU basis or in packs of 25 VMs and for small deployments as Kits. This post takes a look on the availability of new vSphere features in different vSphere editions.<\/p>\n
VMware vSphere Standard (A la carte licensing on a per CPU basis)
\n VMware vSphere Enterprise (A la carte licensing on a per CPU basis)
\n VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus (A la carte licensing on a per CPU basis)
\n VMware vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Standard (Priced in packs of 25 VMs)
\n VMware vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Advanced (Priced in packs of 25 VMs)
\n VMware vSphere Essentials Kit (All-in-one solutions for up to three physical servers)
\n VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit (All-in-one solutions for up to three physical servers)<\/p>\n
Virtual Volumes
\nVirtual Volumes is the completely new virtual machine disk management and integration framework that enables array-based operations at the virtual disk level.
\nVVOL is available in all vSphere Editions (Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus)
\nVVOL is available in ROBO Editions
\nVVOL is not listed for Essentials Kits<\/p>\n
Multi-CPU Fault Tolerance
\nvSphere Fault Tolerance has been enhanced to support protection of virtual machines with up to four vCPUs and 64GB of memory.
\nvSphere Enterprise Plus and ROBO Advanced supports 4 vCPU Fault Tolerance
\nvSphere Standard, Enterprise and ROBO Standard supports 2 vCPU Fault Tolerance
\n(Multi-CPU) Fault Tolerance is not listed in Essentials Kits<\/p>\n
Cross vSwitch \/ Cross vCenter \/ Long Distance vMotion
\nWith vSphere 6.0 you can migrate Virtual Machines across virtual switches, vCenters and accross routed connections with a RTT of up to 100ms. More information on vSphere 6.0 vMotion Enhancements here.
\nCross vSwitch vMotion is available in all vSphere Editions
\nCross vSwitch vMotion is available vSphere Essentials Plus Kit
\nCross vCenter vMotion is available in vSphere Enterprise Plus only
\nLong Distance vMotion is available in vSphere Enterprise Plus only
\nCross vSwitch vMotion is not listed for ROBO Editions
\nCross vCenter vMotion is not available in vSphere Standard, Enterprise, ROBO and Essentials
\nLong Distance vMotion is not available in vSphere Standard, Enterprise, ROBO and Essentials<\/p>\n
Virtual SAN Enhancements
\nAs Virtual SAN is sold separately, it is not included in any editions. If you already own a Virtual SAN license, it includes all Virtual SAN 6.0 features, except All-Flash. The new All-Flash architecture is available as add-on and priced at $1,495 per CPU or $30 per desktop. (Source)<\/p>\n
vSphere Network I\/O Control Version 3
\nNetwork I\/O Control in vSphere 6 enables administrators to reserve (guarantee) bandwidth to a vNIC.
\nNetwork I\/O Control enhancements are only available in Enterprise Plus
\nNetwork I\/O Control is not available in vSphere Standard, Enterprise, ROBO and Essentials<\/p>\n
vSphere Data Protection Enhancements
\nVMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced has been consolidated into vSphere Data Protection 6.0. The advanced edition is no longer sold separately.
\nVDP is available in all vSphere Editions (Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus)
\nVDP is available in all ROBO Editions
\nVDP is available in Essentials Kits<\/p>\n
Content Library
\nThe Content Library centrally manages virtual machine templates, ISO images, and scripts, and it performs the content delivery of associated data from the published catalog to the subscribed catalog at other sites.
\nContent Library is available in all vSphere Editions (Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus)
\nContent Library is not listed for ROBO Editions
\nContent Library is not listed in Essentials Kits<\/p>\n
General vSphere 6 Enhancements
\nLots of enhancements are not bound to specific features and available in all vSphere Editions<\/p>\n
Host Scalability
\n ESXi Security Enhancements
\n VM Hardware Version 11
\n Platform Services Controller
\n Enhanced Linked Mode
\n vCenter Server Appliance
\n vSphere Web Client<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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