Comments on: Microsoft SQL 2012 Licensing in a VMware environment – Part One

By: Edwin

Edwin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:12:00 +0000

You got to have an active Software Assurance contract to be eligible for an upgrade. Also in order to prepare for the renewal process, it is necessary to be fully aware of
how existing SQL Server processor licenses are assigned in the environment. You
will need a SQL Server 2012 Transition Report, which is used to assess how
these SQL Server installations will transition to the SQL Server 2012 licensing
model. The Transition Report is a useful resource for inventorying and
documenting an organization’s SQL Server instances and licensing requirements.
It also contains the necessary information needed for renewing SQL Server
processor licenses into SQL Server 2012 core licenses. But I will post more info about the upgrade path in Part 3.

By: SteveBalms

SteveBalms — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:20:00 +0000

Old Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Server licenses get to be converted to the SQL Server 2012 Enterprise (non-core). You can run 4 VM per each license with up to 20 v-cores total inside all VMs per each license. The machines must be running on the same host.

By: SteveBalms

SteveBalms — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:14:00 +0000

Just a note. Old Users from Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Server + CAL. Get to be converted to the SQL 2012 Enterprise Edition (non-core) license and can virtualize up to 4 VMs per each license with up to 20 v-cores total per 4 VMs per each Enterprise license.