vsphere ent. plus with 1 processor

[rickyv]

hi all,

i have an inquiry regarding the licenses i have for vsphere (vsphere enterprise plus with 1 processor) but one of the server i have is 2 physical cpu with 6 cores each.  what is the impact on my license?  does it mean i can't use the other cpu or i can only use 6 logical cpu per server. or what?

thanks for any comment or help you may add.

[idle-jam]

you will have insufficient license and your VM will not be power on. It's either you remove 1 socket physically or purchase 1 more CPU enterprise plus add on.

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

Even though Enterprise Plus is good for up to 12 cores per license, you can't split a single license between multiple physical CPUs.

[sabya1232003]

What does it mean by split in to multiple pgysical CPUs  ?

[Dave_Mishchenko]

That was a typo - you can't split a vSphere license between CPUs.

[sabya1232003]

Thanks for the clarification ...I was wondering how can we do that and was getting excited for any such new advantage ..

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Sorry about that - unfortunately one letter missing and the meaning becomes the opposite.