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Bernd_Nowak
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Virtual SAN and vSphere Essentials Plus?

Hi all,

according to the datasheet it should work with:

Software

• One of the following: vSphere 5.5 U1 (VMware vSphere® any

edition or above), VMware vSphere® with Operations

Management™ 5.5 U1 (any edition), or VMware vCloud® Suite 5.5

U1 (any edition)

• VMware® vCenter Server™ 5.5 U1

Now my question is how is it licensed and can I use it with vSphere Essentials Plus or what needs to be done?

Thanks a lot

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Punitsolanki
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  • VSAN licenses are applied on a cluster level. Open the Webclient click on your VSAN enabled cluster, click the “Manage” tab followed by “Settings”. Under “Configuration” click “Virtual SAN Licensing” and then click “Assign License Key”.
  • VSAN is licensed per socket, the price is $ 2495 per socket or $ 50,- per VDI user. Note that the license includes the Distributed Switch and VM Storage Policies, even when using a vSphere license lower than Enterprise Plus!

Just like vSphere licenses, Virtual SAN licenses have per CPU capacity. When you assign a Virtual SAN license to a cluster, the amount of license capacity that is used equals the total number of CPUs in the hosts that participate in the cluster. For example, if you have a Virtual SAN cluster that contains 4 hosts with 8 CPUs each, you need to assign the cluster a Virtual SAN license with a minimum capacity of 32 CPUs.

The license usage of the Virtual SAN cluster is recalculated and updated in the following situations:

If you assign a new license key to the Virtual SAN cluster.

If you add a new host to the Virtual SAN cluster.

If a host is removed from the cluster.

If the total number of CPUs in a cluster changes.

You must maintain the Virtual SAN clusters in compliance with the Virtual SAN licensing model. The total number of CPUs of all hosts in the cluster must not exceed the capacity of the Virtual SAN license that is assigned to the cluster.

Punit Solanki psolanki@vmware.com
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Bernd_Nowak
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Hm,

I thought it took so long because I'm a fool. Smiley Wink

According to the documents vSphere Essentials Plus VSA is a vSphere 3 hosts bundle with VSA. And I checked the VSA key is included. But if I want a "new" host cluster with VSA I have to upgrade to vSphere full version instead of esentials.

Buit according to your answer we might talk about different products? VSA is virtual storage appliance and virtual san is a different product?

Sorry for my confusion Smiley Wink

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DerekShaw
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and it appears VSA was discontinued as of April 1, 2014, anyway

VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) for Shared Storage | United States

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