VMware vSphere 6 Embedded Essentials offers a virtualization solution tailored for medium sized businesses (SMBs). It provides a budget friendly way for these companies to virtualize their IT infrastructure efficiently by combining management features, within the platform itself – making it a practical choice, for streamlining server operations and maximizing IT resource utilization without the overhead associated with enterprise solutions. It brings together the capabilities of the VMware vSphere hypervisor and the integrated vCenter Server to provide a solution for settings with up to three hosts.
Key Features
- Integrating vCenter Server into the solution simplifies management as it removes the requirement for a server to oversee hosts and virtual machines.
- You can connect with as three hosts, with this feature. Perfect, for small businesses or branch offices managing multiple workloads on a restricted infrastructure.
- The server consolidation process virtualizes servers to allow businesses to operate virtual machines on one host which decreases hardware expenses and enhances resource efficiency.
- In case a host fails unexpectedly during operations of machines due to issues or glitches in the system setup or environment conditions. Such as power outages or hardware failures. The system is designed to kick start these virtual machines automatically without human intervention so that business operations can continue smoothly without disruptions or delays.
What’s Special In It?
- For medium businesses (SMBs) this software provides a cost effective way to get started with virtualization while needing only minimal infrastructure setup.
- Managing a virtualized environment becomes easier with the integrated vCenter Server as businesses can oversee everything using an interface without requiring an IT team or specialized skills.
- By virtualizing servers, businesses can reduce the number of physical machines they need, lowering hardware and operational costs.
System Requirements
- All Windows versions are supported.
- CPU with a minimum frequency of 3 GHz x86 Intel Core i3/5/7/9 or AMD Ryzen 3/5/7/9/ Threadripper, Xeon, or EPYC.
- RAM minimum 16 GB RAM.
- Disk Space at least 70 GB of free space for installation.
Other VMware vSphere 6 Products:
VMware vSphere 6 Desktop Host License Key
VMware vSphere 6 Embedded Foundation License Key
VMware vSphere 6 Essentials License Key
VMware vSphere 6 Essentials Plus License Key
Basic management for up to 3 hosts (2 CPUs per host) is included in vSphere Essentials which is designed for small businesses.
vSphere Standard supports larger deployments with advanced features like vMotion HA distributed resource scheduler and other enterprise level functionalities.
VMware vSphere 6 essentials is software for virtualizing small businesses. This helps you combine physical servers into a virtual one which saves money on hardware and makes things run better. The essentials kit includes vSphere and vCenter server essentials for small installations.
The live migration of virtual machines between hosts is not supported by the vMotion feature in vSphere 6 Essentials. If you need vMotion you will need to upgrade to the essentials plus or higher editions of vSphere.
The vSphere 6 embedded essentials license refers to a licensing bundle that includes both vSphere and vCenter Server Essentials for small businesses enabling the management of up to three ESXi hosts with up to two CPUs per host. Smaller environments that don't require advanced features of the enterprise plus editions will benefit from it.