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lonecedar959
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Licensing question

Hello all

I need clarification on two licensing questions. What is the difference between Standard and Enterprise licensing and what does additive licensing mean?

I tried to find this information on line and on the VMware site and cannot seem to locate it.

Thanks

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esiebert7625
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Enterprise comes with more features like Vmotion, HA, DRS, Consolidated backup. Additive means you can add these features a-la-carte to Starter and Standard editions.

VI3 Key Feature and Benefits Summary by Version -

Pricing, Packaging & Licensing Overview -

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Dave_Mishchenko
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The difference can be found here: http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/esx/esx_buy.html. Essentially Enterprise includes licenses for vmotion, HA, DRS and consolidated backup.

An add on would be purchasing vmotion or the other items included in Enterprise for the standard edition - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi_pricing.pdf

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