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Chapter 3 VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3 Licensing Overview
License Key Functionality
SpecificentitlementtorunVMwaresoftwareisdeterminedbylicensekeys.Depending
ontheESX ServerandVirtualCenterfeaturesyouwanttouse,purchasekeysbasedon
oneofthefollowing:
Per‐processorbasis–Toactivateafeature,ahostrequiresafeaturelicenseforeach
ofitsprocessors.
Per‐instancebasis–Toactivateasingleinstanceofcertainfeature,asinglelicense
isrequiredregardlessofhowmanyprocessorsareused.
Licensedfeaturesalsodifferintheiroperationbasedonwhethertheyareconsideredto
beESX ServerorVirtualCenterfeatures.ESX Serverfeaturescanbelicensedusing
eithersingle
‐hostorcentralizedlicensingmechanisms.Theydonotrequire
VirtualCenteroralicenseservertouse.VirtualCenterfeaturesrequirecentralized
licensing.ESX ServerfeaturesandVirtualCenterfeaturesalsodifferintheirbehavior
whenthelicenseserverisnotavailable.See “LicenseServerAvailability”onpage 35.
Table 3‐2summarizesthelicensefeaturetypes
forVMwareInfrastructure 3.
Per-Processor Licensing
FormostVMwareInfrastructureproducts,youpurchaselicensesonaper‐processor
basis,whichmeansthatyouneedtoindicatethetotalnumberofprocessors,nothosts,
thatwillruntheproducts.Youcandeployandredeploythepurchasedprocessor
capacity,soldinincrementsoftwoprocessors,onanycombinationof
hosts.
Table 3-2. Summary of License Feature Types
Feature
ESX Server or
VirtualCenter
Per-Processor or
Per-Instance
ESX Server ESX Server Per‐Processor
VirtualCenter Server VirtualCenter Per‐Instance
VirtualCenterAgentforESX Ser ver VirtualCenter Per‐Processor
VMwareConsolidatedBackup(VCB) ESX Server Per‐Processor
ServerVMotionandStorageVMotion VirtualCenter Per‐Processor
VMware HA VirtualCenter Per‐Processor
VMwareDRSandDPM VirtualCenter Per‐Processor
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