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Almero
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Licensing for sVmotion changed ?

Hi guys ,we are trying to reconfigure our current VI and want to upgrade to vSphere 5.5

My question is from what I can gather in 5.1 you needed Enterprize for Svmotion .( specifially aksed in VCP510 Exam ) 

But if you look at general VMware publications , it looks like you can get it in Standard ?

I am clearly missing something here , did it change from 5.1/0 to current versions ?

Current Portal clearly shows you only need Standard licensing for sVmotion >

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html


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The Storage vMotion was not available on vSphere 5.0 Standard Editions.

If I recall correctly, the SvMotion is available on vSphere Standard starting vSphere version 5.1+

If you see below table comparison taken from this link: VMworld 2012 -Top 3 Changes You Need to Know

SvMotion is highlighted as New in vSphere 5.1 under Standard Editions

vsphere-51.jpg

Bayu Wibowo | VCIX6-DCV/NV
Author of VMware NSX Cookbook http://bit.ly/NSXCookbook
https://github.com/bayupw/PowerNSX-Scripts
https://nz.linkedin.com/in/bayupw | twitter @bayupw

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bayupw
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The Storage vMotion was not available on vSphere 5.0 Standard Editions.

If I recall correctly, the SvMotion is available on vSphere Standard starting vSphere version 5.1+

If you see below table comparison taken from this link: VMworld 2012 -Top 3 Changes You Need to Know

SvMotion is highlighted as New in vSphere 5.1 under Standard Editions

vsphere-51.jpg

Bayu Wibowo | VCIX6-DCV/NV
Author of VMware NSX Cookbook http://bit.ly/NSXCookbook
https://github.com/bayupw/PowerNSX-Scripts
https://nz.linkedin.com/in/bayupw | twitter @bayupw
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Almero
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Thank you very much , Lets hope they follow this trend with 6,0 and give more companies access to all those powerfull extra modules .


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