Alan Renouf has a handy vSphere PowerCLI script to check your entitlements:
http://www.virtu-al.net/2011/08/03/vsphere-5-license-entitlement-changes/ In the current 2.0 script, there's a calculation bug, so you'll need to change $v5EntPlus.vRamGB to $vRAM on lines 627 and 630. I've added a comment (awaiting moderation) to his blog to that effect. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire & Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260160 From: Jonathan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 03 August 2011 23:03 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Fw: VMware vSphere 5 Licensing and Pricing Update Gary, you beat me to the punch! I was just getting ready to send that to the list as well. Bottom line, the vRAM entitlement per CPU has been increased, and you won't be "charged" for vRAM allocated to a single VM above 96 Gigs. If you have 2 CPU licenses of Enterprise Plus, that gets you 192 Gigs of pooled vRAM. If you need to allocate more than the pooled amount to powered on VMs, then you'll need additional licensing. Also, the high water mark is now based on a 12 month average. Cheers, Jonathan A+, MCSA, MCSE Thumb-typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. Please excuse brevity and any misspellings. On Aug 3, 2011 5:43 PM, "Gary Slinger" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Now that it's public, this may be of interest, given the gnashing of teeth > recently. > > G > > ------Original Message------ > From: The VMware Team > To: Gary Slinger > ReplyTo: The VMware Team > Subject: VMware vSphere 5 Licensing and Pricing Update > Sent: Aug 3, 2011 17:40 > > View this email on mobile devices | View the online version > VMware vSphere 5 Licensing & Pricing Update Dear VMware Partner, > On July 12, 2011, VMware announced our new Cloud Infrastructure Suite. The > launch featured vSphere 5, the newest version of our flagship product. > As many of you know, as part of this announcement, we introduced changes to > the vSphere licensing model in order to align costs with the benefits of > virtualization rather than with the physical attributes of individual > servers. While our goal was to provide a licensing model based on consumption > and value rather than physical components and capacity, we strived to make > the new model as non-disruptive as possible. > These changes generated much debate in the blogosphere, in conversations with > our partners and customers, and across VMware communities. Some of the > discussion had to do with confusion around the changes. We have been watching > the blog commentaries carefully, and we have been listening to the partner > and customer conversations very intently. A great deal of feedback was > provided that examined the impact of the new licensing model on every > possible use case and scenario, and equally importantly, reflected our > partners' and customers' intense passion for VMware. > Our success depends on the active involvement of our channel partners. We are > a company built on partner and customer goodwill, and we've taken your > feedback in earnest. Our primary objective is to do right by our customers, > so we are announcing three changes to the vSphere 5 licensing model that > address the most recurring areas of your feedback. > * We've increased vRAM entitlements for all vSphere editions, including the > doubling of the entitlements for vSphere Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. This > change addresses concerns about future-looking business cases that were based > on future hardware capabilities and the previous vSphere licensing model. > Below is a comparison of the previously announced and the new vSphere 5 vRAM > enti > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
