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System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook

You're reading from   System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook Design, configure, and manage an efficient virtual infrastructure with VMM in System Center 2016

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785881480
Length 562 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO
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Roman Levchenko Roman Levchenko
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. VMM 2016 Architecture FREE CHAPTER 2. Upgrading from Previous Versions 3. Installing VMM 2016 4. Installing a Highly Available VMM Server 5. Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM 6. Configuring Guarded Fabric in VMM 7. Deploying Virtual Machines and Services 8. Managing VMware ESXi hosts 9. Managing Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Clusters, and New Features of VMM 2016 10. Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2016 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Licensing the System Center

System Center 2016 is licensed with two versions, Standard and Datacenter. As with System Center 2012 R2, the same capabilities across editions are differentiated only by virtualization rights. All System Center components are included in these two editions. The main difference between SC 2012 R2 and SC 2016 is the licensing model that has been moved from CPU-based to core-based in order to simplify licensing across multi-cloud infrastructures.

Getting ready

The license is required only to manage endpoints. If you have existing software-assurance (SA) subscription, you can move to the new SC 2016 at any time. SC 2-processor licenses with active SA will be exchanged for a minimum of 8 two-core pack licenses (16 cores) or the actual number of physical cores in use on the server under management.

How to do it...

How it works...

License summary for System Center 2016:

  • Core-Based licensing: Licensing is based on the number of physical cores on the servers under management, consistent with the Windows Server 2016 model. You need to license all physical cores in the server being managed. Minimum of 8 cores licenses is required for each processor and minimum of 16 cores required for each server. If you have, for example, even one 4-core CPU in server, it would be required to buy eight 2-core packs to license that server. The price of eight two-core packs will be the same as 2-processor licenses for SC 2012 R2.
  • Consistent licensing model across editions: Core-based licenses for server management. User-based or operating system environment (OSE)-based license for client management.
  • For endpoints being managed: No additional licenses are needed for management servers or SQL Server technology used in the System Center:

System Center 2016 Editions

Datacenter

Standard

Recommendation

For highly virtualized environments

For lightly- or non-virtualized environments

Virtualization rights

Unlimited

2 (two) OSEs

Capabilities

All SC components and all workload types

All SC components and all workload types

License type

one license pack covers 2 cores, minimum of 8 packs required for each server

one license pack covers 2 cores, minimum of 8 packs required for each server

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System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Third Edition
Published in: Feb 2018
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781785881480
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