VCenter is the management application and licensing server. It's the vSphere replacement for the Virtual Infrastructure Client/VMware license server. They did away with the separate license server for version 4, and now vCenter has all the licensing built in. vCenter does NOT provide you with the ability to host virtual machines, you need vSphere for that. vCenter has two parts, the server and the client. The server has the databse and does all the work, the client can be installed on several machines and connects to the vCenter server to manage your hosts/clusters/VMs
HTH On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) < [email protected]> wrote: > I will email you a document that might help. > > > Joe Haralson > > Network Infrastructure Team > > ( Office1: (630) 780-6869 - Mon - Wed - Fri > > ( Cell: : (630) 337-8034 > > * e-Mail: [email protected] > > THIS E-MAIL IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO > WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, > CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. IF THE READER > OF THIS MESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, OR THE EMPLOYEE OR AGENT > RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING THE MESSAGE TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE > HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING OF THIS > COMMUNICATION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. ANY INADVERTENT RECEIPT BY YOU OF SUCH > CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF ANY > PRIVILEGE. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY > US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONE, AND DELETE THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE FROM YOUR > COMPUTER. THANK YOU. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:25 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: VMware VSphere vs. Vcenter Server > > VCenter = VMware 3.x > > VSphere = VMware 4.x > > > > It’s really a version thing. > > Obviously version 4 brings new things to the table, but what they did for > 4.0 was change the name from VC to VSphere. > > Im not even sure you can buy 3.x anymore. > > > > *From:* Jeremy Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:41 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* VMWare VSphere vs. Vcenter Server > > > > I am looking for a quick high level overview of the difference between > Vcenter Server and VSphere. What can I do if I buy just VCenter, and what > can I do if I have Vsphere. The environment that this would be going into > would be a 3 standalone server environment, no SAN. > > > > I know that Vsphere requires Vcenter, but what benefit does it have over > just running Vcenter? > > > > Currently in place is the 2 machines but they are running VMWare server and > we want to migrate them to ESXi and have centralized management as well as > snapshot capability. We will be adding a third server as well. > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
