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tyfon
Contributor
Contributor
‎11-27-2014 03:59 AM

vCenter Server Standard on one site and a vCenter Server Essentials installation on the other site

Can i have a vCenter Server Standard on one site and a vCenter Server Essentials on the other site for vSphere Replication ?

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markzz
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎11-27-2014 04:29 AM

When you buy essentials you can run.

1 vCenter Server.

3 ESXi Host servers with upto 2x CPU Sockets and 64GB RAM in each server. (so 6x CPu Sockets and 192GB of RAM over the 3 servers)

If you don't need the features of the standard license convert it to an essentials license and connect it to the same vCenter Server.

From a replicaiton perpective. It would depend on the replication technology / product you were using and the verions of ESXi you are running on the Hosts.

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vNEX
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Expert
‎11-27-2014 05:29 AM

for vSphere Replication feature you need at least Essentials Plus license...so if you upgrade your license from Essentials to Essentials+ you will be able to leverage vSphere Replication potential.

Reffer to this document:

vSphere Replication Licensing

You can also replicate VMs within single vCenter instance i.e. (meaning single site with Ess+ license) for more info see:

Replicating a Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance

For other scenarios have a look at this white paper:

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Replication-Overview.pdf

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