vSan needed Software

[Iwawa]

Hi,

I designed an infrastructure with 4 nodes and I want to install vSAN on it.

From what I hear, i need this software or licenses:

• 1 License Vphere for each node;
• 1 License vSan for each node;
• 1 Licence vCenter.

Now, assuming I want to use tvSan Advanced 6.7, which versions of Vphere and vCenter should I buy?

Thank You and Best Regards

Gaetano

[Alex_Romeo · Accepted solution]

Hi,

VSpere licenses do not go per node but per processor

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsphere/vmware-vsphere-vs...

VSAN:

License Requirements

Verify that you have a valid license for vSAN.

Using vSAN in production environments requires a special license that you assign to the vSAN clusters.

You can assign a standard vSAN license to the cluster, or a license that covers advanced functions.

Advanced features include RAID 5/6 erasure coding, and deduplication and compression. An enterprise

license is required for encryption and stretched clusters. For information about assigning licenses, see

Configure License Settings for a vSAN Cluster.

The capacity of the license must cover the total number of CPUs in the cluster.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.vsan-planning.doc/GUID-20731F2A-B00...

Considerations about the vSAN License

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsan/vmware-vsan-66-licen...

Virtualization The Future: VMware vSAN 6.6 License Editions

vCenter:

vCenter with a license you can hook multiple ESXi in the same network environment.

vCenter Server Licensing Options - VMware vSphere Blog

ARomeo

[Iwawa]

Thank for the feedback.

You are right. By mistake I wrote node, but I have four single-processor nodes, each 24 cores.

Best regards

Gaetano

[TheBobkin]

Hello Iwawa​,

"which versions of Vphere and vCenter should I buy?"

vSAN doesn't require any specific license level of vSphere so pick whichever one has the features you require (e.g. NIOC, SIOC, SDRS, Auto Deploy, VM Encryption):

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vsphere/vmw-flyr-comparevsphereedi...

As an aside, vSAN comes with free vDS support regardless of the vSphere licensing edition in use.

Bob