vCenter Server Essentials 5.0 vs 5.1 vCPU Limits

[GDunck]

Hello,

Are there currently any limitations when running vCenter Server Essentials 5.0 in terms of vCPUs? For instance I manage 3 hosts per vCenter Server, each with 2 physical processors; (20 cores/host) giving me nearly 60 cores that a single vCenter Server is managing.

How about on 5.1 vCenter Server Essentials? I have browsed each Configurations Maximums documents for each version but neither states a limit for vCPUs being managed by a single vCenter, but this also does not take licensing into account.

Thanks and regards!!

GDunck

[schepp · Accepted solution]

Hi,

you are not limited in the total number of cores. ( well a Essentials kit is 3 host with 2 sockets each, so your max core number would be [max available cores per socket] x 2 x 3 )

The license only limits the number of vCPUs you configure for a single VM. And this is 8 vCPU per VM in vSphere 5.0 and 5.1 Essentials.

Regards

[a_p_]

With vSphere 5 all physical restrictions were removed (except for the 32GB RAM for the free Hypervisor). The vRAM entitlement that was introduced with vSphere 5.0, was eliminated with vSphere 5.0 Update 2 (see VMware vCenter Server 5.0 Update 2 Release Notes) and vSphere 5.1 Update 1 (see vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1a Release Notes).

André

[GDunck]

Thanks schepp and a.p.

Appreciate your time and knowledge.

GDunck