How is Vshield Edge Licensed

[vm-au-user]

We are considering purchasing Vshield Edge, to provide two main functions. 1) Setup a DMZ and then established rules between the DMZ and the internal network 2) Setup firewall rules between existing VLANs.

I noticed Vshield Edge is sold in packs for 25 VM's. We have over 100 VM's in our environment but only plan to have few in the DMZ. Do I need to provided licenses for just the protected zone or the whole Vmware environment?

Thanks.

[dquintana]

Like you say, vshield edge uses per VM licence, independent of the amount of the enviroments that you create in.

Take care that you apply the licence per vcenter. And you distribute this to the enviroment that depends from this vcenter.

follow this KB

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=102647...

Forum Upgrade Notice - We will be upgrading VMware Communities systems between 10-12 December 2010. During this time, the system will be placed in READ-ONLY mode.

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Noticia de Actualización del Foro - Estaremos realizando tareas de upgrade en las Comunidades de VMware desde el 10 a 12 de Diciembre de 2010, recuerden que el sistema solo funcionará en modo READ ONLY .

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[admin]

Yep...you just need a license to cover the number of VMs that you will be protecting with vShield Edge.