Host Licensing

[Matt@Work]

Quick question. We are in the process of replacing some legacy SAN's and Blades with HCI kit. The new kit has a lot more compute processing power and we have it configured as an N+1 system. So 96 total cores become 64 usable (16 per node).

Do we have to licence the full 96, just the 64 or just the ones we use. The HCI cluster automatically mirrors the data between various nodes so I can't statically assign a host licence to backup up certain VM's. I want to be sure we don't go overboard with licensing and it can be managed.

Cheers

Matt

[Vitaliy S.]

Hi Matt,

You need to license all source hosts (CPU sockets) where you plan to backup VMs from. If these spare nodes are not going to host any VMs that you want to protect, then you don't need to license them.

Thanks!

[Matt@Work]

Thanks Vitaly

Just to follow up. We currently have a VMWare environment with 32 cores. We are replacing it with an HCI solution consisting of 48 CPU (96 cores).

Can I change the existing 32 core VMware licence for a Hyper-V licence at no charge and then pay the uplift for the remaining 64 cores to fully cover the environment?

As its a completely automated solution, I doubt I could get away with only licensing some of the hosts as I have no idea how the VM's will be moved around inside the chassis.

[foggy]

Hi Matt, yes, you can swap sockets from VMware to Hyper-V, please contact your sales rep for assistance.

[jmmarton]

Also keep in mind the licensing is per socket, not per core.

Joe

[Matt@Work]

?? Explain please. I thought it was per core? We have Ent Plus.

[jmmarton]

No it is per-socket.

https://www.veeam.com/faq.html

Joe