Is the vSphere 6 media different than vSphere with Operations Management?

[jedcrossley]

Is the media different, or is the media the same, but features are activated with license?

Installed ESXi using the plain vSphere media and would like to know if I have to reinstall or upgrade the host to use the vSOM.

[rcporto]

The vSphere ESXi is the same media, no matter the product you acquired, for example: vSphere, vSOM, vCloud Suite, etc... the difference is that depending of product you acquired, you will have access to additional packages/installation media that can include for example the OVF/OVA for vRealize Operations Manager deployment.