Per-VM Enchanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)Įnhanced Linked Mode for vCenter Server Appliance with Embedded PSC For complete list of changes see this document ( link). Table 3 shows introduction of some of the new features per release. Table 2 shows different limits for different versions since 5.5. Explain new solutions offered in the current versionĮvery version slightly increases scaling metrics, such as number of hosts and VMs per cluster, as well as CPUs and RAM. They are licensed per-VM with 25 VMs limit per remote office site. Office Branch Office) packages are different from other vSphere editions, as There are no licensing upgrade path to Standard or Enterprise Plus. They also cannot scale past 6 CPUs and cannot be combined with any other editions in the same deployment. These editions are suitable only for small environments and have feature restrictions as per Table 1.

Essentials Plus (for smaller companies with limit of 6 physical CPUs across hosts)Įssentials and Essentials Plus packages include 6 CPUs licenses plus single vCenter Essentials license.

Essentials (for smaller companies with limit of 6 physical CPUs across hosts).

Desktop for VDI deployments (feature parity with Enterprise Plus).Integration with third-party Security Operations tools Orchestrated or Automated Responses to Security Threats I/O Controls (Network and Storage) and SR-IOVĪutomated discovery of Application Assets, Intent, and CommunicationĬontextual intelligence of Application State Virtual Volumes and Storage-Policy Based Managementĭistributed Resource Scheduler and Distributed Power Management Can manage unlimited number of hosts and has all features available Can manage up to 3 Essentials or Essentials Plus hosts. VSphere licenses, vCenter Server licenses are required for each instance. Platinum has all features of Enterprise Plus with addition of security-related features, some of them are subscription based.Enterprise Plus contains all features from Standard plus additional features including Proactive HA, DRS, Distributed Switch, Storage DRS, SR-IOV, Cross-vCenter and Long Distance vMotion.

Essentials includes only hypervisor and Essentials Plus adds vMotion, cross-switch vMotion, HA, Data Protection and replication.

The change from editions available in vSphere 6.5 is addition of vSphere Platinum and removal of vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Plus.ĭetailed comparison between various editions and the summary of differences is Enterprise Plus edition provides all features of Standard Edition and all advanced features with the exception of security protection available in Platinum edition. Standard edition provides entry-level functionality, including features such as vMotion, storage vMotion, High Availability and Fault Tolerance.

vSphere isĪlso allowed to be downgraded to the previous versions.

Customers with current contracts are entitled for version upgrades.

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