New 8 Core CPUs and vSphere Licensing

[ITTech2002]

Knowing that Standard and Enterprise support 6 cores per CPU, Advanced and Enterprise plus support 12 Cores per CPU

Scenario #3

What if a business has a 5 node cluster, all dual socket quad cores licensed with Enterprise... And they want add a 6th server which has 8 cores per CPU, but they only need to use 6 of the 8 cores per CPU, can they apply Enterprise licenses to this new 8 core CPU and only use 6 cores?

Or will vCenter just present an error?

No guesses or opinions please.

[DSTAVERT]

Call VMware licensing specialist.

[ITTech2002]

No one has that title... If you find some one with that does have that title, please Scan there business card and attach it.

[Troy_Clavell]

why do you have 2 threads open, with the same exact question?

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/279506

see below as well

[a_p_]

You may get the anser you need by using the following link:

http://www.vmware.com/support/contacts/

Select "Licensing Questions?" --> "Chat With a Specialist" on the right.

André

[DSTAVERT]

1-877-486-9273

[ITTech2002]

Because I got an answer like this: Call VMware licensing specialist.

[ThompsG · Accepted solution]

Have answered this in another thread but not sure which one you are monitoring

On the 15th of June 2010, VMware released this statement: http://www.vmware.com/download/eula/multicore.html

Looking at your scenario you would assign two licenses of Standard/Enterprise per socket to cover the 8 cores. The article probably explains it better.

Kind regards,

Glen

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Locking thread as duplicate of http://communities.vmware.com/thread/279506?tstart=25

Best regards,
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