VMware vCenter Editions

Recently a colleague hit into an issue with his setup on vCenter due to the expiry of license. A new license will be used however he is still hitting some problems. A quick check, he was using vCenter ROBO edition license and ESXi is running vSphere Enterprise Plus.

So here is to clarify the different editions of vCenter from VMware and the features available and limitation. Do note some features is dependent on the vSphere editions.

Refer to this KB for some of vSphere 6.x features comparison. I have also previously illustrated in vCenter 5.x here which basically stays the same other than new features in vCenter 6.x. For vCenter Desktop that would be another article here.

vCenter Edition
Essential
Foundation
Standard
Availability
Bundled in Essential/Plus Kit
Sold separately. Manage up to 4 hosts (3 prior to 6.5 U1)
Sold separately.
Manage
vSphere Essential/ Plus
vSphere Standard and above
vSphere Standard and above
vCenter HA
NA
NA
Yes
Enhanced Linked mode
NA
NA
Yes
vRealize Log Insight Lite
NA
NA
Yes
Fault Tolerance
No
Yes
Yes
Backup Restore
Yes
Yes
Yes
Appliance Migration Tool
Yes
Yes
Yes

Lastly, what happens to your vCenter when license expire? Check out my past post.


Update 6th Mar 2018
Update vCenter Foundation Edition and remove vCenter ROBO edition.

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