Licensing for VMware monitors
For VMware components, the pricing is as follows:
Monitor | Licensing |
vCenter | Free |
VMware Cluster | Consumes two basic monitor licenses |
ESX/ESXi Host | Consumes two basic monitor licenses |
ESX/ESXi Hardware | Weightage-based [Consumes one basic monitor license for every 50 sensors] |
Virtual Machine | Consumes two basic monitor licenses |
Datastore | Consumes one basic monitor license |
Datastore Snapshots | Consumes one basic monitor license |
Resource Pool | Consumes one basic monitor license |
VMware Horizon | Consumes one advanced monitor license + one basic monitor license for every 25 sessions |
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