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How much does a vcenter 2.5 license cost? posted: Nov 4, 2009 9:49 PM

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sportivo168
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Oct 10, 2009

Hi All,

I know that you may know how much the license cost for per server or per cpu.

I am interested getting a vcenter license for my home server.

I have a custom build server, intel i7 cpu.

I have ESXi 3.5 installed (free version) and would like a full version of vcenter 2.5.

I am a home user so i only use this server as a test environment, hopefully vmware would have a suitable license for 1 cpu home user.

Best regards,

Steven

Re: How much does a vcenter 2.5 license cost?

1. Nov 4, 2009 9:58 PM in response to: sportivo168
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Dave.Mishchen…
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Welcome to the VMware Community forums. vCenter is licensed by server, but you would also need a VC Agent license for each host that you connect to (one in your case). The cheapest way to get vCenter would be via the Essentials bundle with is vCenter Foundation and 3 Agent licenses. It's $995 US retail but it has been on sale in the past for $500.

What particular features in vCenter are you looking for?




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Re: How much does a vcenter 2.5 license cost?

2. Nov 6, 2009 3:49 AM in response to: Dave.Mishchen…
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sportivo168
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The management feature that esxi host does not have etc, clone, template, more control over than an actual host. The reason i asking is my work place have deploy esx server i am sure it is enterprise version license. i have use the vcenter management and it is so powerful. definately i am looking forward to learn vmware as much as possible. That why i only interested 1 license for 1 server (sorry if this make a confusion) is there any package that only offered to 1 server license?

Regards,

Steven

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