Users dissatisfied VMware next-generation virtualization platform Vsphere 5 licensing approach

Virtualization Technology vendors VMware launched the next generation of virtualization platform Vsphere 5, the ESXi 4.1 version of the virtualization architecture, provides nearly 200 new and enhanced features, but also significantly expand the virtual machine specifications. In addition, VMware also modifies the authorization method synchronously, increases the VRAM for the authorization computation basis. VMware expects the software to be officially launched by the end of August.

The ESXi virtualization architecture of Vsphere 5 extends the original Exsi 4.1 architecture, and also discards the service Console, which can be executed directly on Vmkernel, reducing the file size of the underlying hypervisor, You do not need to update the console operating system regularly.

VM Maximum support 1TB memory and 32 processing core

While the architecture is in use, vsphere 5 expands the specifications available for virtual machines, supports up to 32 virtual processor cores and 1TB of storage, and starts supporting USB 3.0 devices. A new virtual machine format, version 8.0, is also available to support Mac OS X Server 10.6 (Snow Leopard). VMware says that vsphere 5 can be compatible with the V4 and V7 of older virtual machines, as well as the 4.x version of the VMware Tools, enterprises do not need to upgrade the version of virtual machine image, the new features need to upgrade.

On the network system, the new version adds the firewall function, can between vmknic and the virtual switch, establishes a control to access the firewall, may use the IP to control to enter and exit the virtual machine The seal package, also provides the graph type operation interface, facilitates the establishment management policy.

In addition to enhanced functionality, there is a new mechanism in the control interface, vsphere 5 has built a new ESXCLI command line directive in the ESXi host, which can also be easily managed remotely by installing ESXCLI on Windows or Linux operating systems via the VCLI suite. Managers can use the same set of tools for management either remotely or on the host side.

Other new features, such as rapid deployment, can help enterprises automatically install new virtual machines to increase computing capacity, but also to help enterprises quickly set up a backup host, but also provides image building tools to enable enterprises to reduce image installation.

VMware is also synchronized with the launch of VMware VShield 5, VMware vcenter Site Recovery Manager 5, and VMware vcloud Director 1.5.vShield 5 can help migrate security principles between different virtual machines, while Vcenter Site Recovery Manager 5 adds vsphere replication capabilities to support different storage systems. Vcloud Director 1.5 can provide infrastructure services across internal and external resources to help develop self-service, and the new link replication feature shortens virtual machine deployment time to a few seconds.

In addition, VMware has launched a new storage software PRODUCT VMware vsphere Storage appliance that will unify the storage on different servers into a shared storage pool, allowing the virtual machines running on vsphere to share the storage.

Newer versions at the same time, VMware announced a new authorization policy, while removing the limitations of entity core and entity memory, but added new VRAM entitlement licensing conditions.

Add new terms to the licensing method, causing users to resent

The new licensing rules provide 3 authorized versions, including Standard, Enterprise, and enterprise-intensive editions that do not limit entity and entity storage as in the past, but are now starting to limit the amount of virtual memory that each license can use. For example, enterprise-enhanced virtual machines can use virtual memory capacity of 48GB, if the virtual host of the number of storage 192GB, even if this host only 2 processors, also need to purchase 4 Enterprise enhanced version of the authorization. The memory available to the virtual machine becomes an important measure of the new authorization.

VMware This licensing adjustment also led to the dissatisfaction of the original users, many users directly in the VMware website BBS message complaining, worried about the future to buy a large number of storage servers to serve as virtual machine, need to buy more authorization.

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