Licensing for VMware monitors

Licensing for VMware monitors

For VMware components, the pricing is as follows:

Monitor
Licensing
vCenter
Free
VMware Cluster
*Consumes one host monitor license
VMware ESX/ESXi Host
*Consumes one host monitor license
VMware ESX/ESXi Hardware
Weightage-based [Consumes one basic monitor license for every 50 sensors]
VMware Virtual Machine
*Consumes one host monitor license
VMware Datastore
Consumes one basic monitor license + one additional basic monitor license for every 20 virtual machines that are part of the datastores
VMware Datastore Snapshots
Consumes one basic monitor license
VMware Resource Pool
Consumes one basic monitor license
VMware Horizon
Consumes one advanced monitor license + one basic monitor license for every session

* For customers who signed up before August 2024, the host monitors listed in the table above will consume two basic monitor licenses instead.

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