VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus Upgrade with 1 Year Support
This VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus upgrade provides enhanced virtualization capabilities and includes one year of essential support for your business infrastructure.
- Enhanced Features: Unlock advanced capabilities of vSphere Enterprise Plus for greater control and efficiency.
- Extended Support: Gain access to VMware technical support for one year, ensuring prompt issue resolution.
- Version Compliance: Maintain up-to-date software versions for security and feature parity.
- Operational Continuity: Ensure uninterrupted virtualized operations with access to the latest software features and support.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering is a license upgrade for VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise to vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus, including a mandatory one-year support contract. It enables advanced features and functionalities within the VMware virtualization platform, ensuring your virtual environment is optimized for performance, management, and security.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this upgrade to enhance their existing virtual infrastructure. It is ideal for businesses looking to expand their use of virtualization, improve resource utilization, and gain access to enterprise-grade features without the overhead of a full enterprise deployment.
- Advanced Virtualization Features: Access to Enterprise Plus edition capabilities like vSphere vMotion, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and High Availability (HA).
- Enhanced Management: Centralized control and monitoring of your virtual environment through vCenter Server.
- Improved Performance: Optimize resource allocation and performance for critical business applications.
- Security Enhancements: Benefit from advanced security features to protect your virtualized data and workloads.
- One Year Support: Includes essential technical support from VMware for the duration of the contract.
This upgrade is the ideal solution for businesses seeking to maximize their virtualization investment with advanced features and essential support.
What This Enables
Unlock Advanced Virtualization Capabilities
Enable teams to deploy and manage virtual machines with enterprise-grade features such as vMotion for live migration and Distributed Resource Scheduler for automated load balancing. Streamline resource allocation and improve the overall efficiency of your virtualized infrastructure.
virtualization platform, server consolidation, data center operations, IT resource management
Enhance Business Continuity and Resilience
Protect critical business applications from downtime with features like High Availability and Fault Tolerance. Ensure uninterrupted service delivery by automatically restarting virtual machines on other hosts in case of hardware failure.
mission-critical applications, disaster recovery planning, IT service availability, operational uptime
Improve Data Center Management and Automation
Automate complex data center tasks and gain deeper insights into resource utilization with advanced management tools. Streamline operations and reduce manual intervention for IT staff managing virtual environments.
virtual infrastructure management, IT operations efficiency, resource optimization, centralized control
Key Features
vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition Features
Gain access to the most advanced features for virtualization, including enhanced performance, management, and availability.
One Year Support Contract
Receive essential technical support from VMware for one year, ensuring prompt resolution of any issues.
License Upgrade Path
Easily transition from vSphere 6 Enterprise to Enterprise Plus, enhancing your existing infrastructure without a complete overhaul.
Enhanced Resource Management
Optimize the allocation and utilization of computing resources across your virtual environment.
Improved Uptime and Availability
Minimize downtime and ensure continuous operation of critical business applications.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust security for their virtualized environments to meet strict regulatory compliance and ensure uninterrupted trading and client services.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations depend on reliable and secure virtual infrastructure to manage patient data, critical medical applications, and maintain compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize virtualization to optimize production systems, manage industrial control systems, and ensure the uptime of critical operational technology.
Education & Research
Educational institutions leverage advanced virtualization features to support research computing, manage large student populations, and provide flexible IT resources for faculty and students.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between vSphere 6 Enterprise and Enterprise Plus?
vSphere Enterprise Plus offers a significantly broader set of advanced features compared to Enterprise, including enhanced capabilities for storage, networking, availability, and management, such as vSphere vMotion, Distributed Resource Scheduler, and vSphere Fault Tolerance.
Is the one-year support mandatory for this upgrade?
Yes, the one-year support contract is a mandatory requirement for this specific upgrade offer. It ensures you have access to VMware's technical assistance and software updates during the contract period.
What version of vSphere does this apply to?
This upgrade is specifically for VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise. It upgrades your existing vSphere 6 deployment to the Enterprise Plus edition.
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.