The more I read into this the more you are right. vRAM entitlement based on license type AND CPU count. You're limited by the amount of RAM you provide to your VM's. If you have an Enterprise license and 2 hosts with dual CPU's, you'll have a total of 128GB of pooled vRAM available to all your VM's. Assign and Allocate at your own risk.
Outside of the licensing piece -- the one real grey area for me is: What's the upgrade path to ESXi for those of us running 4.0/4.1? Apparently, there isn't a service console anymore, and that just doesn't seem like a clean downgrade (upgrade?) Guess I've just assigned myself some fun summer reading!! On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Kramer, Jack <[email protected]>wrote: > Remember, there are downgrade rights – you can buy vSphere 5 licenses and > downgrade to the 4.1 version. > > ---- > Jack Kramer > Manager of Information Technology > University Relations, Michigan State University > w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 > > From: "Michael B. Smith" <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:12:52 -0400 > > To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes > > Actually, you have 30 days. You can’t buy any more 4.1 after 30 more days. > **** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Michael B. Smith**** > > Consultant and Exchange MVP**** > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Paul Hutchings > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:05 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes**** > > ** ** > > I expect that Xen/Hyper-V will soon decide they want a piece of the pie.** > ** > > ** ** > > The kye point here is that 4.1 isn’t going to stop working and will be > supported for a long time to come, so it’s not like we have to decide what > to do now, as I understand it.**** > > ** ** > > It strikes me that as a small shop (in vSphere terms) we’re “better” off I > suspect than a shop with Enterprise licenses and 250gb/ram per host – it > suggests true big enterprise customers will be far more badly hit than > SMB’s.**** > > *From:* Webster [mailto:[email protected]] > > *Sent:* 13 July 2011 13:57 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes**** > > ** ** > > One analyst says for some large VMware shops with large VMs this could > quadruple their VMware licensing costs.**** > > ** ** > > Another analyst says VMware is sending a clear message to SMBs, “You can’t > afford us”.**** > > ** ** > > Like MBS, I am NOT a VMware person. This is just my $0.02US worth.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Webster**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > *Subject:* RE: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes**** > > ** ** > > Great way for vmware to drive customers to Hyper-V.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Michael B. 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