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Everything you need to know about VMware’s licensing shake up

March 4, 2016 by Drew Robb Leave a Comment

The New VMware licensing line up offers better recipes for the management of virtual environments.

Filed Under: Servers, Storage and Networking Tagged With: end of availability, EOA, IBR, install base report, Installed Base Report, licensing changes, licensing upgrade, Portable License Units, price increase, pricing, Softchoice IBR, vCloud Suite, Virtualization, VMWare, vmware discount, vRealize, vSOM, vSphere, vSphere and vSOM Enterprise

Why we love vSphere with Operations Management (vSOM)

May 29, 2015 by Brendan Rose Leave a Comment

So you’ve recently requested a quote for some vSphere licenses, or are looking to upgrade existing vSphere licenses to a higher-end edition. Alongside the vSphere quote you requested, we have also provided a second option for vSphere with Operations Management, vSOM. In this post, we explain why we think we’d be doing our clients a disservice if we didn’t include vSOM.

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5 tips to get the most out of vSOM (and licensing too)

February 4, 2015 by Brendan Rose Leave a Comment

In February 2013, VMware released vSphere with Operations Management or vSOM. Since vSOM is turning two very soon, we want to offer four practical tips for getting the most out of vSOM and a quick licensing breakdown.

Filed Under: Servers, Storage and Networking Tagged With: dashboards, datastore, load balancing VMDK’s, per CPU pricing, standard reports, Tips for vSOM administrators, vCPU, VMWare, VMware diagnostics, VMware PEX, vRAM, vRealize Operations 6.0, vRealize Operations Management Suite Licensing, vROPS, vSOM, vSOM licensing, vSphere administrator, vSphere Enterprise, vSphere Standard, vSphere with Operations Management