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steelweb
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Free ESXi 5 vCPU limitation

Hi there,

Looking for answer to this query but couldn't find answers for 30 min googling.

What is the max vCPU that I can assign to a VM on esxi 5 free version?

Thanks

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Rubeck
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8 vCPUs can be assigned to a VM using the free version.

I fired one up and added a free licence to it just to verify...

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Rubeck
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8 vCPUs can be assigned to a VM using the free version.

I fired one up and added a free licence to it just to verify...

/Rubeck

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PduPreez
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My 2 Cents

I'm also struggling to find  any docs on this. (I'll ask around)

I know Hypervisor 4.1 was 4 vCPUs, so ESXi 5 Hypervisor will be at least 4 and maybe 8

Keep in mind you have the 32GB Physical Memory limitation

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Message was edited by: PduPreez Yes it is 8 vCPU. Confirmed with peers ALso see PIC

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shishir08
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AFAIK,in the ESXi 5 Free version ,you can have 1CPU with max vcpu = 8 with the VM.

steelweb
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Any documentation would be great cause I have to show it to official guys as a POC.

How about by socket? Does it support two cpu sockets or just one?

Thanks all! really appreciated

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weinstein5
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This document has the infromation you seek - http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf - you can have multiple physical CPUs -

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steelweb
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Thank you all guys,

Greatly appreciated with your all answers.

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rexix
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Hi, sorry for re-open

my question is:

- i have a server with six core processor with hyperthreading enabled. so, total is: 12 cores.

- using cpu affinity, can i add proccessor to my vm from 6 to 12 core?. then will be 6 vcpu's assigned.

- that's my question, if ESXi restrict total core's of physical server.

Thank you very much.

PD: sorry for my bad english.

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