Licensing question

[MRAntonio]

Hello,

I need to deploy a cost effective basic set up of two hosts (1 physical CPU each) and provide the following capabilities:

• Clustering
• vMotion
• High Availability (HA)
• Distributed vSwitches.
• Live backups
• Mount iSCSI volumes.

Which license do you recommend from below taking into account the lowest cost but meeting the above requirements:

• 1 x VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit.

OR:

• 2 x VMware vSphere Standard: (1 license for each server CPU)
• 1 x VMware vCenter Server Foundation.

Thanks in advance.

[daphnissov]

If you must have a vDS, then Enterprise Plus and nothing short it must be.

[MRAntonio]

Hello Daphnisov,

If I take the distributed vSwitches off from the equation and I just use standard switches with the same labels so vMotion can work, would those licenses be valid?

Regards.

[daphnissov]

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[RickVerstegen · Accepted solution]

Hello MRAntonio​,

Yes, these licenses would be valid.

Check and read the link below:

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

Regards,

Rick