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Comparing VMware vSphere 4.0 versions

This is a comparison matrix of the respective VMware versions. Moreover, we offer additional information to facilitate the decision process for our customers.

 

 

 

vSphere Essentials

vSphere Essentials Plus

vSphere Standard

vSphere Advanced

vSphere Enterprise

vSphere Enterprise Plus

ESX / ESXi

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vCenter Server Compatibility

vCenter Server for Essentials

vCenter Server for Essentials

vCenter Server Foundation & Standard

vCenter Server Foundation & Standard

vCenter Server Foundation & Standard

vCenter Server Foundation & Standard

Cores per Processor

6

6

6

12

6

12

vSMP Support

4-way

4-way

4-way

4-way

4-way

8-way

Memory / Physical Server

256 GB

256 GB

256 GB

256 GB

256 GB

no license limit

Thin Provisioning

alt

alt

alt

alt

alt

alt

VC Agent

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alt

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Update Manager

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alt

VMSafe

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alt

alt

alt

alt

alt

vStorage APIs

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High Availability (HA)

 

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Data Recovery

 

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Hot Add

     

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Fault Tolerance

     

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alt

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vShield Zones

     

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VMotion

     

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Storage VMotion

       

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DRS

       

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vNetwork Distributed Switch

         

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Host Profiles

         

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Third Party Multipathing

         

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Cloud Computing nach VMware
Einfaches Ein- und Ausstiegsmodellfür die Service-Akquisition• Verbrauchsorientierte Preise• Verfügbar über das Internet• Skalierbar und elastisch• Verbesserte Wirtschaftlichkeit durch gemeinsam genutzteInfrastruktur und Flexibilität
Einfaches Ein- und Ausstiegsmodell für die Service-Akquisition
Verbrauchsorientierte Preise
Verfügbar über das Internet
Skalierbar und elastisch
Verbesserte Wirtschaftlichkeit durch gemeinsam genutzte
Infrastruktur und FlexibilitätCloud Computing nach VMware
Einfaches Ein- und Ausstiegsmodellfür die Service-Akquisition• Verbrauchsorientierte Preise• Verfügbar über das Internet• Skalierbar und elastisch• Verbesserte Wirtschaftlichkeit durch gemeinsam genutzteInfrastruktur und Flexibilität
Einfaches Ein- und Ausstiegsmodell für die Service-Akquisition
Verbrauchsorientierte Preise
Verfügbar über das Internet
Skalierbar und elastisch
Verbesserte Wirtschaftlichkeit durch gemeinsam genutzte
Infrastruktur und Flexibilität

Cloud Computing with VMware

 

Simple entry and exit model for service acquisition

Consumption-based prices

Available over the internet

Scalable and elastic

Improved efficiency through shared infrastructure and flexibility

 

vCenter Server-Plug-In – Functionality

Guided Consolidation

Lower cost and improved scalability

  • Modular plug-in

  • Simultaneous analysis of up to 500 physical systems

vCenter Converter

M

More platforms supported

  • Possibility to convert to new platforms which are supported by ESX/ESXi 4.0

  • Supports Windows Server 2008 as source and platform

  • Conversion of Microsoft hyper-V-Vms in VMware VMs

vCenter Update Manager

Extended management and administration functions

  • Upgrades for ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual appliances

  • Baseline groups

  • Compliance dashboard

  • Patch staging

vCenter Server 4 – Innovations

Higher Scalability

  • vCenter Server-Linked Mode

  • vCenter Orchestrator

Rationalised management

  • Host profiles

  • vApps

  • Central licensing

  • vCenter Server Plug-In-Updates

Resource management

  • Enhanced performance diagrams

  • Enhanced storage recognition functions

  • vCenter Server – Linked Mode

 

vcloud1

 

  • The standard VI client can access the inventory from several vCentres

  • Displaying and searching the replicated licenses and roles combined inventory of a group of VC servers???

  • Commonly used roles and license configurations

vCenter Server-Linked Mode - Overview

  • The standard vSphere client can access the inventory from several vCenters

  • Displaying / Searching in a combined inventory of a group of vCenter servers

  • Common roles and licensing configurations

VMware vSphere 4

CPU Licensing

vcloud2

 

Data & Facts

 

vcloud3

 

Hot Add

 

Adding scalable virtual machines during operation:

  • CPUs

  • RAM

 

Adding and removing during operation:

  • Storage devices

 

Storage network devices

  • Enhancing virtual disk drives during operation

  • Scaling virtual machines without downtimes

Integrated within the following licenses: Advance, ENTERPRISE, ENTERPRISE PLUS

Data Recovery

  • Hard disk-based backup and recovery of VMs without agents

  • Recovery on VM or data level

  • Incremental backups and data deduplication to save hard disk space

  • Quicker, easier and comprehensive data protection for your VMs

  • Central management via VirtualCenter

  • Cost-efficient storage management

 vcloud5

Integrated within the following licenses: ESSENTIALS, ADVANCED,ENTERPRISE,ENTERPRISE PLUS

VMware backup/recovery solution based on data protection-APIs

  • Hard-disk based back-up and recovery without agent

  • Deduplication and incremental

  • Backups to reduce storage space

 

VMware Data Recovery - key components

 

vCenter-Plug-In

  • vSphere-Client-Plug-In; enables the configuration and management of the backup/recovery appliance

  • Generating backup and restore jobs with the aid of an assistant

  • Storage of the backup-configuration in the vCenter Server database and recognition of HA/VMotion/DRS

 

Backup and recovery appliance

  • OVF Appliance OVF

  • Using vStorage data protection APIs for determination as well as Backup and Restore management

 

VMware ESX/ESXi

  • VSS support

  • Functionality for tracking changed blocks enables more efficient backups

 

Storage

  • Arbitrary VMFS storage: DAS, iSCSI or Fibre-Channel storage plus shared NFS and CIFS storage as destination

  • All secured virtual machines can be stored in a deduplicated data store on hard disk

vcloud6

 

VMware VMotion

 

vcloud7

 

Integrated within the following licenses: ADVANCED, ENTERPRISE, ENTERPRISE PLUS

VMware Storage VMotion

 

Storage independent migration of VM data

  • No downtime for VMs

  • LUN independent

  • Supported for Fibre Channel SANs

 

  • Minimum planned downtime, on the basis of storage

  • Entirely planned downtime - administration for server and storage through VMotion and storage VMotion

 

 

vcloud8

 

 

Integrated within the following licenses: ENTERPRISE, ENTERPRISE PLUS

Advantages of Distributed Switches

Simplifying the data centre's administration Supporting the migration of network statistics and guidelines with the aid of virtual machines (Network VMotion) Providing third party suppliers with possibilities to continue development

 

vcloud9

Integrated within the following licenses: ENTERPRISE PLUS

 

VM Control

  • Activates the automatic restart when guest operating system is down

  • Determines failure recognition speed

  • Defines the control sensitivity for each individual virtual machine

VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)

vcloud11

Mware FT offers data protection without downtimes or data loss for virtual machines within an HA cluster.

Functionality of VMware FT


vcloud12

 

 

 

VMware infrastructure 3 ESX update to VMware vSphere4

You are using:

Update possible to:

VI Foundation
Acceleration Kit

vSphere Advanced Acceleration Kit

VI Standard HA
Acceleration Kit

vSphere Advanced Acceleration Kit

VI Midsize HA
Acceleration Kit

vSphere Enterprise Plus Acceleration Kit
for 8 Processors

VI Enterprise HA
Acceleration Kit

vSphere Enterprise Plus Acceleration Kit
for 8 Processors

VI Foundation

vSphere Standard

VI Standard

vSphere Standard

VI Enterprise

vSphere Enterprise

vShpere Standard

vSphere Advanced

vSphere Enterprise

vSphere Enterprise Plus