Need licence clarification

[GANESH100]

Base server

Processor socket - 2

Processor cores per socket - 4

Logical processor -16

Server holding licence as vSphere 4 Advanced Licensed for 2 physical CPUs (1-12 cores per CPU)

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Any one explain on this briefly

[AWo]

Base server

Processor socket - 2

Processor cores per socket - 4

Logical processor -16

Server holding licence as vSphere 4 Advanced Licensed for 2 physical CPUs (1-12 cores per CPU)

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Any one explain on this briefly

What do you need to know? That is correct, you license the socket in use. Therefore 2 Advanced licenses are fine. You can license up to 12 cores per CPU/socket with this license type.

Check:

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf

http://www.vmware.com/download/eula/multicore.html

AWo

VCP 3 & 4

Author @ vmwire.net

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[AndreTheGiant]

ESX/ESXi is licenced on socket (physical CPU).

But can have core limits, see: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html

vCenter Foudation has a max hosts limit (3 hosts).

Andre

[ChemaRB]

vSphere ESX is licenced about physical CPU sockets, up to 6 cores per processor. So:

1.- if you have 2 sockets with 1 core each, you need 2 licenses.

2.- if you have 2 sockets with 2 core each, you need 2 licenses.

3.- if you have 2 sockets with 4 core each, you need 2 licenses.

4.- if you have 2 sockets with 6 core each, you need 2 licenses.

5.- if you have 2 sockets with 8 core each, you need 4 licenses. (Maybe in near future)

In your example, you see 16 logical CPU because of HyperThreading. Is just 2 sockets, 4 cores each and 2 threads per core = 16. Licenses only care about physical cores, and sockets, nothing about HyperThreading threads.