We have vsphere 5 Essentials, and are just getting to grips with it.
Pretty much every documetation page for vsphere 5 mentions using vcenter.
However, its not clear if vcenter comes with vsphere, or if its something you buy in addition, and, assuming it is, what the difference between all these versions of vcenter are:
Which, if any, of these vcenter products do you think suitable or useful for a single server running vsphere essentials?
Thanks for any tips.
Eos.
Hi,
vSphere Essentials already includes vCenter for essentials (limited to manage 3 ESXi hosts), since the Essentials license is a bundle.
So you've just got all you need:-)
There are 3 versions of vcenter:
1) vcenter for essentials: included in every Essentials bundles, limited to manage 3 ESXi nodes (also with Essentials license)
2) vcenter foundation: limited to manage 3 ESXi nodes (of every other Edition of vSphere)
3) vcenter standard: not limited
About the various vCenter products:
Regards
Hi,
To get familiar with the VMware Terminlogy, just go through the Introduction to VMware Infrastuture Link: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35/vi3_35_25_intro_vi.pdf
Eventhough it's for VI3, still it's applicable.