Data Center Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure
VMware vSphere Essentials Kit Term
VMware vSphere Essentials Kit (Term License) delivers the industry-leading virtualization platform for small businesses at an affordable price. Small businesses can virtualize their physical servers and centrally manage these servers, reducing hardware costs and increasing operating efficiency with a low upfront investment.
Term license offers an additional option for customers with smaller IT budgets. The price includes the product license valid for 1 year. VMware Per Incident Support is sold separately.
Benefits - Provide business continuity and always-available IT
- Reduce IT footprint and simplify management
- Save on IT hardware costs
- Improve service levels and application quality
This kit includes 6 CPU licenses of vSphere Essentials (for 3 servers with up to 2 processors each) and 1 license for vCenter Server Essentials.
Starting with vSphere 7.0, one CPU license covers one CPU with up to 32 cores. You need additional CPU licenses if а CPU has more than 32 cores.
The licenses are valid for the length of the term (1 Year).
The vSphere Essentials Kit consists of the following:
- vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)
- vCenter Server Essentials
Compare Kits | Product Overview | Essentials Kit | Essentials Kit Term | Essentials Plus Kit | Essentials Plus Kit Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | Server virtualization and consolidation with centralized management | Server virtualization and consolidation with centralized management | Server virtualization and consolidation plus business continuity | Server virtualization and consolidation plus business continuity |
| Centralized Management | vCenter Server Essentials | vCenter Server Essentials | vCenter Server Essentials | vCenter Server Essentials |
| License entitlement | 3 servers with up to 2 processors each | 3 servers with up to 2 processors each | 3 servers with up to 2 processors each | 3 servers with up to 2 processors each |
| Features | vSphere Hypervisor | vSphere Hypervisor | vSphere Hypervisor, vMotion, Cross Switch vMotion, High Availability, vSphere Replication | vSphere Hypervisor, vMotion, High Availability, vSphere Replication |
| License Duration | Perpetual with updates for the selected subscription term | 1 Year (Not Renewable. New term license required post expiration) | Perpetual with updates for the selected subscription term | 1 Year (Not Renewable. New term license required post expiration) |