VMware Multi-Core Pricing & Licensing Policy
I am been called up today on my off day but am not complaining. It got be to refer to my own post awhile back here in August after VMworld 2012 on the licensing on vSphere 4.x. VMware actually updated the EULA on multi-core licensing and pricing which you can refer here . This has been quite while back. There is no reason why anyone would still insist to setup a new vSphere environment based on vSphere 4.x with all the limitation and functions set. I think the new EULA multi-core policy would explain for those who are still using vSphere 4 and have a new hardware which exceed your vSphere 4.x edition license entitlement which is pretty common having that most of them are 8 cores and above now. The policy give you a very good example. I share just explain this with one scenario I was asked today. I have purchased 4 x vSphere 5.x Enterprise Licenses for a server with 4 CPU of 8 cores each. I downgrade them to vSphere 4.x Enterprise. So vSphere 4.x...