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VMware abandons CPU based licensing model

Erik Scholten — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:10:49 +0000

With the release of vSphere 4.1, VMware has released a new licensing model. The management products below change from a CPU-based pricing model to one that is VM-based. VMware vCenter CapacityIQ; VMware vCenter AppSpeed; VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager; VMware vCenter Chargeback. Until December 15th these product can be offered both ways, CPU-, or VM-based. [...]

by Erik Scholten

Updated: Determining VMware Build Numbers for several VMware Products

Edwin Weijdema — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:55:50 +0000

While I was updating the Determining VMware vCenter and ESX Build Numbers post I thought I would semi-automate the updating of the post with new build numbers for new releases, while working on it I started too fill an excel sheet and ended up with an excel sheet with the following products and build numbers [...]

by Edwin Weijdema

Limited management & automation support for vSphere

Erik Scholten — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:15:47 +0000

Update April 22th 2009: Today the rumor mentioned below was confirmed during the vSphere 4 launch. Rumor in the VMware community has it that the next version of VMware ESX, vSphere, has very limited support for the VMware management and automation suite. vSphere will of course be available with vCenter for basic management and automation [...]

by Erik Scholten