VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus Licensing
This VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus license subscription unlocks advanced virtualization capabilities for your critical business applications, ensuring optimal performance and resource management.
- Feature Access: Gain entitlement to advanced features of VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus, including enhanced vMotion, Distributed Resource Scheduler, and Fault Tolerance.
- Capacity Expansion: Supports up to 2 CPUs per host, enabling scalable virtual infrastructure to meet growing business demands.
- Subscription Billing: Provides predictable operational expenses with a recurring subscription model for continuous access and updates.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensures your virtualization environment adheres to software licensing requirements, avoiding potential penalties and operational disruptions.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a subscription-based software license for VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus, designed to provide advanced virtualization features and capabilities for up to two CPUs per host. It enables enhanced resource management, high availability, and disaster recovery for your virtualized environment.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this license to build and manage robust virtual infrastructures. It integrates into existing server hardware and data center environments, supporting critical business applications and services.
- Advanced Virtualization Features: Unlocks enterprise-grade capabilities for maximum efficiency and performance.
- Scalable Capacity: Supports up to 2 CPUs per host, allowing for growth and consolidation.
- Subscription Model: Offers predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and support.
- High Availability: Enables features like Fault Tolerance for uninterrupted application uptime.
- Resource Optimization: Facilitates efficient allocation and management of computing resources.
This VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus license subscription is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams seeking advanced virtualization without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Virtualization Features
Enable teams to deploy and manage virtual machines with enterprise-grade capabilities. Streamline resource allocation and enhance application performance through advanced features like vMotion and Distributed Resource Scheduler.
virtualized server environments, private cloud deployments, data center consolidation, business continuity planning
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Streamline software license management to maintain compliance with VMware's licensing policies. Avoid potential risks and audit failures by securing the correct entitlements for your virtual infrastructure.
regulated industries, IT asset management, operational risk reduction, software audit preparedness
Enhance Business Continuity
Automate high availability and disaster recovery processes with features like Fault Tolerance. Protect critical business applications from downtime and ensure rapid recovery in the event of hardware failures.
mission-critical applications, zero-downtime requirements, disaster recovery planning, business resilience
Key Features
VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus Edition
Unlocks the most advanced features for virtualization, including enhanced vMotion, Fault Tolerance, and Distributed Resource Scheduler, maximizing performance and availability.
Subscription Licensing Model
Provides predictable operational expenses and continuous access to software updates and support, ensuring your environment remains current and compliant.
Support for 2 CPUs per Host
Enables scalable deployment across your server infrastructure, accommodating growth and consolidation needs for your virtualized workloads.
Centralized Management
Facilitates efficient management of your virtual environment through vCenter Server, simplifying administration and monitoring tasks.
High Availability and Disaster Recovery Features
Protects critical business applications from downtime with features like Fault Tolerance and robust disaster recovery capabilities, ensuring business continuity.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust disaster recovery to meet strict regulatory compliance and ensure uninterrupted trading and customer service operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers depend on continuous access to patient data and critical systems, necessitating advanced virtualization features for uptime and compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize virtualization to streamline operations, manage production systems, and ensure the reliability of IT infrastructure supporting their industrial control systems and supply chains.
Education & Research
Educational institutions leverage virtualization to efficiently manage computing resources for research, teaching, and administrative functions, often requiring scalable solutions to support diverse user needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus?
VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus is an advanced edition of VMware's server virtualization platform. It offers a comprehensive suite of features for managing, automating, and protecting virtualized environments, designed for maximum performance and availability.
What does 'FOR CISCO TAC USE ONLY' mean?
This designation typically indicates that the license is intended for internal use by Cisco's Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for specific support or testing purposes. It may not be intended for general resale or end-user deployment without specific Cisco authorization.
What is the benefit of a subscription license?
A subscription license provides predictable costs, continuous access to the latest software updates and features, and often includes support. This model shifts spending from capital expenditure to operational expenditure, making budgeting easier.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.