VMware announced version 5.0 on August 22nd last year so I spent a whole year\u2019s worth of breaths talking about vRAM. I want those breaths back VMware<\/a>!!! I could have used that time to eat apple cider donuts. I digress. So some of you may have heard the announcements, or got a sprinkling of the announcements, or may not even know what I\u2019m talking about, but that\u2019s okay, because what I\u2019ve put together is a little short list of important stuff to know in the world of VMware.<\/p>\n vSphere:<\/strong> vSphere Standard<\/strong> It addition to adding vSphere Standard with Operations Management to the product line-up, VMware has also included it into their Acceleration Kit portfolio, so along with the Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus Acceleration Kits, there will also be a vSphere Standard with Operations Management Acceleration Kit. These four kit options will include 6 processor licenses of the vSphere edition of your choice and vCenter Standard Server. One change to note is that the vSphere Standard Acceleration Kit used to include 8 processors, but it now just includes six. Last, all the Accelerations Kits and the Essentials Plus kit will now include the vSphere Storage Appliance at no additional charge. Sweet!<\/p>\n Desktop Products:<\/strong> vCloud Suites:<\/strong> So an interesting thing to point out: Looking at the Standard Edition of vCloud Suite you\u2019ll see that it retails for $4,999 and includes a bunch of stuff like: vSphere Enterprise Plus, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCloud Connector, VMware vCloud Networking and Security Standard. On the other hand vSphere Enterprise Plus alone retails for $3,495 so for another $1,504 the vCloud Suite Standard Ed will get you vSphere Enterprise Plus and all that other stuff. It\u2019s sort of VMware\u2019s version of Super-Size Me.<\/p>\n Promotions: vCloud Promo: **Customers can qualify for this promotion in one of two ways. Customers must: vSphere Std w\/ Ops Promo: View 5 Premier Bundle Promo: VC Ops for View Promo: Horizon App Manager Bundle Promo: By Rob O’Shaughnessy Opening week for the NFL, apple cider donuts and VMware product announcements are all signs that autumn is finally here. I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019m more excited about, no more vRAM entitlement conversations or the Patriots new look offense. Being a big sports nut and self-titled President all things Boston Sports in…Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,181,207,692],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-miscellaneous-it","category-vmware","category-vsphere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFirst and foremost vSphere 5.1 was released and this update will just be licensed by the socket. VMware is no longer requiring vRAM entitlement, so the days of thinking about the numbers 32, 64 and 96 are now gone. In addition, the other good news is that vSphere 5.1\u2019s pricing did not change. There is also a new edition to the vSphere family. VMware has added vSphere Standard with Operations Management, so now there are four editions of vSphere to choose from:<\/p>\n
\n-vSphere Standard with Operations Management
\n-vSphere Enterprise
\n-vSphere Enterprise Plus<\/p>\n
\nDesktop Products such as View, Workstation and Fusion have had a price increase of 10%. Also announced is VMware View\u2019s new management product vCenter Operations Manager for View. This product is available as an add-on component for VMware View Enterprise and Premier. Using the same concurrent user license model as VMware View, packages are available in increments of 10 and 100 concurrent users.<\/p>\n
\nVMware also made the announcement of their new vCloud Suites, which combine VMware\u2019s top products into one bundle. VMware is offering 3 editions:
\nvCloud Suite Standard – $4,999: vSphere Enterprise Plus, vCloud Director & vCloud Connector, vCloud Networking <\/a>and Security Standard
\nvCloud Suite Advanced – $7,495: vSphere Enterprise Plus, vCloud Director & vCloud Connector, vCloud Networking and Security Advanced, vCOps Advanced
\nvCloud Suite Enterprise – $11,495: vSphere Enterprise Plus, vCloud Director & vCloud Connector, vCloud Networking and Security Advanced, vCOps Enterprise, vCenter Chargeback Manager, Configuration Manager, Infrastructure Navigation, vFabric Application Director and SRM<\/p>\n
\nVMware is offering some nice promotions to this as well and here are a couple of popular ones to note. For a full list of all VMware\u2019s promotions there is a nifty app you can download on your phone: http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/go\/promoapp<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUpgrade from vSphere Enterprise Plus to vCloud Suite Standard for free!
\nOr, Upgrade from vSphere Enterprise or Enterprise Plus to vCloud Suite Advanced or Enterprise for around 35% (it\u2019s 32-38% depending on the edition you currently own).
\nAvailable until December 15, 2012.<\/p>\n
\n1. Have an active Support and Subscription (SnS) agreement to vSphere Enterprise or vSphere Enterprise Plus made prior to August 27, 2012 and at time of upgrade, and must complete their upgrade transaction with VMware before the expiration of the promotion.
\n2. Or, reinstate SnS to vSphere Enterprise or vSphere Enterprise Plus before December 10, 2012, have active SnS at time of upgrade, and complete their upgrade transaction with VMware by December 15, 2012 mbennett@unum.com mbennett@unum.com
\n**New purchases of vSphere Enterprise or vSphere Enterprise Plus made on or after August 27, 2012 are not eligible for this promotion.<\/p>\n
\nUpgrade to VMware vSphere Standard with Operations Management and save 30%
\nAvailable until December 15, 2012<\/p>\n
\nGet 25% off View 500 pack or 18% off View 250 pack
\nAvailable until December 15, 2012<\/p>\n
\n25% discount on vCenter Operations Manager for View 10 and 100 packs
\nAvailable until December 15, 2012<\/p>\n
\n50% off Horizon Application Manager with purchase of View Premier
\nAvailable until December 15, 2012
\nPurchase a minimum of 100 pack of View Premier and get 50% off the license list price for Horizon Application Manager.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?num=10&hl=en&biw=1348&bih=601&tbm=isch&tbnid=ra5ibcZY_5X3DM:&imgrefurl=http:\/\/wordonthefarm.wordpress.com\/tag\/rob-gronkowski\/&docid=OVaiVBCNKUOjzM&imgurl=http:\/\/wordonthefarm.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/gronkhernandez.jpg&w=620&h=410&ei=-ENSUOzvFIvm8gS3-YGQCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=374&vpy=304&dur=2129&hovh=182&hovw=276&tx=153&ty=132&sig=108847580224892268611&page=1&tbnh=128&tbnw=171&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0,i:123\")