Range/Series Overview
IMPORTANT: This Range/Series overview section describes the range of which this product belongs. Features of different versions might be mentioned and may not apply to the specific product on this page. Please view Specs for specification of product.VMware vSphere Essentials Kit delivers the industry-leading virtualization platform at an affordable price for IT environments that run 20 or fewer server workloads.
Features Summary
- VMware vSphere Hypervisor Architecture
VMware vSphere Hypervisor Architecture provides a robust, production-proven, high-performance virtualization layer that enables multiple virtual machines to share hardware resources with performance that can match or exceed native throughput. - VMware vCenter Server for Essentials
VMware vCenter Server for Essentials provides centralized management and performance monitoring for all virtual machines and vSphere hosts with builtin physical-to-virtual (P2V) machine conversion and rapid provisioning, using virtual-machine templates. - VMware vSphere VMFS
VMware vSphere VMFS enables virtual machines to access shared storage devices (Fiber Channel, iSCSI, etc. ) and is a key enabling technology for other components such as VMware vSphere Storage vMotion. - VMware vSphere Thin Provisioning
VMware vSphere Thin Provisioning provides dynamic allocation of shared storage capacity, enabling IT organizations to implement a tiered storage strategy while reducing storage spending by up to 50 percent. - VMware vSphere vStorage APIs
VMware vSphere vStorage APIs provide integration with supported third-party data protection. - VMware vSphere Update Manager
VMware vSphere Update Manager automates tracking, patching and updating for vSphere hosts and for applications and OSs running in VMware virtual machines. - VMware vCenter Converter
VMware vCenter Converter enables IT administrators to rapidly convert physical servers and third-party virtual machines to VMware virtual machines. - VMware vSphere Content Library
VMware vSphere Content Library provides simple and effective centralized management for VM templates, virtual appliances, ISO images, and scripts. - Hardware compatibility
Hardware compatibility is possible with the broadest range of 32- and 64-bit servers and OSs, storage and networking equipment and enterprise management tools.
Specification Summary
Product Description
VMware vSphere Essentials Kit (v. 8) - licence + 3 years Lenovo Subscription and Support - 3 hosts (up to 2 processors per host)
Category
Utilities - server virtualisation
Licence Qty
3 hosts (up to 2 processors per host)
Bundled Support
3 years Lenovo Subscription and Support
Service & Support
New releases update