vSphere license?

[DanishDKK]

My company is thinking about getting some vSphere licenses, but i dont understand it completely...

Our current invironment is running on Hyper-V with current servers:

6 Hypervisors with 2 x 12-core CPUs each

And a **bleep**load of VMs under them.

We want to create a cluster of 2 x 3 hypervisors for failover.

We dont need any cloud stuff, its pure metal its running on.

What licenses would that need?

[a_p_]

What you need is one license for "vCenter Server Standard", and 12 licenses for the CPU sockets in the ESXi hosts. Note that as of vSphere 7 CPU licenses are limited to 32 cores each. This may not matter in your case, but something to keep in mind.
The edition for the CPU licensed - Standard, or Enterprise Plus - depends on the features you want/need.

Please note that VMware offers "Acceleration Kits", which are basically starter kits that contain a license for vCenter Server Standard plus 6 CPU licenses. With an Acceleration Kit + 6 additional CPU licenses you will get what you need, but at a reduced price.

André