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Good question, I imagine it'll check to see if the vCenter you're trying to add is using Standard license or greater and if it doesn't have support for Linked Mode it'll deny you from adding.
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Troy,
I found that article earlier too, but it doesn't really state that you can't link between Foundation and Standard, it just states that Standard and greater will include Linked Mode and that Foundation does not include it, my guess is there will be a check, else you could get away with just purchasing one license and manage a slew of basic vCenter say for remote/branch offices. Hopefully will get an answer, I'm curious to know and I've also posted in the BETA forum. ========================================================================= William Lam VMware vExpert 2009 VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/ vGhetto Script Repository http://twitter.com/lamw If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful". |
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Yep, if you take a look at the config max doc it's 200 host(s) and 3,000 VM(s)
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Here is the official word from a VMware engineer who provided an answer within the BETA forum and I've gotten permission to quote the answer regarding the license check for Linked Mode for vCenter 4.0
In order for a VC to be linked to a VC group, it has to have a license which includes Linked Mode feature. Currently only VC Standard edition license includes this feature. So each, every VC in the Linked Mode group must have Standard edition license.
So you can not link a vCenter instance with Foundation license to a group of vCenter instances with Linked Mode. So you do need all vCenter's that are part of the Linked Mode to have at least Standard license+ ========================================================================= William Lam VMware vExpert 2009 VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/ vGhetto Script Repository http://twitter.com/lamw If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful". |
