Folks,
Would like to purchase enough vSphere Essentials licenses for 12 VM Hosts - 4 licenses, I'm guessing?
I think vSphere Essentials would be a good fit because ESXi 6.5 is really all we want - we probably won't be using the vCenter Server Essentials.
This is for a very specific simulation application for a client - closed system (i.e. no Internet capability) with very little emphasis on VM failure/recovery or automatic load distribution.
A college of mine who had done previous research on this vSphere Essentials license says we don't qualify because our company is too large.
Is there such a restriction? Am I missing anything?
It sounded pretty stupid to me, but looking at the cost of a Standard vSphere license which is per socket, versus the vSphere Essentials limit of 3 VM Hosts per license, maybe there's more to this than meets the eye.
I hope you good folks out there can help clarify this... and hopefully someone "official" ?
Thanks ahead of time!