Upgrade Seamlessly to VMware vSphere Editions

Moving up to a paid vSphere Edition lets you further optimize your IT infrastructure. You’ll be able to:

• Pool computing and storage resources across multiple physical hosts
• Have centralized management of multiple hosts through vCenter Server
• Deliver improved service levels and operational efficiency
• Perform live migration of virtual machines
• Take advantage of automatic load balancing, business continuity, and backup and restore capabilities for your virtual machines

Get started with vSphere Kits, all-in-one-solution bundles which include vSphere and vCenter Server licenses for centralized management. vSphere Kits combine a number of vSphere licenses with vCenter Server for central management—everything you need to start your virtualization journey.

For smaller environments, here is a quick highlights table for the vSphere Essentials and Essentials Plus Kits. For larger environments, there are Acceleration Kits that include higher end vSphere Editions. See the Compare Kits table for more information.

vSphere Essentials Kits For smaller environments
	vSphere Essentials	vSphere Essentials Plus
Save time with centralized management through vCenter Server
Gain comprehensive insights into the health of your vSphere infrastructure through vCenter Operations Manager Foundation
Improve efficiency through the ability to migrate VMs between hosts with the ability to vMotion
Have business continuity by enabling High Availability right in vSphere so you can automatically restart VMs in cases of physical hardware failures
Protect business data with the ability to perform agentless backup and de-duplication through vSphere Data Protection

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