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ChevUribe
Expert
Expert

Mixing of ESXi license editions

Can you put different license editions on a single cluster but the same license version?

Like 2 servers will be having a 5.5 enterprise license and the other 3 will be having a 5.5 enterprise plus license?

or 2 severs with vsphere 6 standard and 3 servers with vsphere 6 enterprise plus?

thanks!

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Kamuthiking
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Hi

this will not be correct design

ALL the server you are going to keep in 1 vcenter ?

with features you may have issue 

Please follow the white paper  you will have some better idea

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsphere/vmware-vsphere-pr...

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vijayrana968
Virtuoso
Virtuoso

You can apply licenses in this way but this is not best practice and recommended. Things like FT, SDRS, DPM will only work between hosts that are licensed for those features. So unless you haven't any specific plan to enable these advance features you can apply. The features available in the lower editions of ESXI will only be available at cluster level.

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