Each ESX host will use one (normal?) CAL. Any hosts inside those ESX hosts
should not use CALs (in 7.5 at least).
I did not see anything in prior posts (or the release notes) that make me think
there is a separate CAL for any VM 'master hosts,' since they're supposed to
support more than just VMWare.
[For example, it would be ideal if a Child Zone in Solaris 10 can be counted as
a 'virtual' CAL, when the Global is already in backup. Even better in an LDOM
situation, but that's much harder to determine.]
--TSK
MIchael Leone wrote:
>
> Pardon me for intruding, but I am going to be in somewhat the same
> situation. Currently running NW 7.4.2 on Windows; still a bit leery about
> upgrading to 7.5, due to some of the problem emails.
>
> Currently: I have 86 CALs, another 20 SQL CALs, in my current (physical)
> environment. I am coming up on license renewal in a couple months. We are
> planning on virtualing to 10 ESX servers, in a ESX cluster. Going to leave
> all the SQL servers as is (i.e., physical). No more than 10 VMs per ESX
> host; more likely, only 4 - 5 VMs per ESX host.
>
> I thought about getting 10 Virtual ESX Licenses, but since I'll only have
> about 50 or so VMs total, I don't think it's cost effective for me; I
> think it's cheaper just to continue to use the regular CALs for those VMs.
> If I had 100 VMs, it might be a different story.
>
> I will be contacting EMC shortly, but it helps to have some clue before
> calling.
>
> Am I misunderstanding?
>
> Thanks
>
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