Get accurate cost measurement, analysis and reporting with VMware vCenter Chargeback, part of the VMware family of management products. Create cost transparency and accountability so business owners and IT can understand the actual cost of the virtual infrastructure required to support business services.
VMware vCenter Chargeback is fully integrated with VMware vCenter Server and gives you the ability to map IT costs to business units, cost centers, or external customers – enabling a better understanding of how much resources cost and what can be done to optimize resource utilization to reduce overall spend on IT infrastructure.
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Understand VMware vCenter Chargeback Licensing
VMware vCenter Chargeback
VMware vCenter Chargeback is licensed on a per processor basis where a processor is defined as a populated socket in a server with up to 12 physical processor cores. Chargeback requires an adequate number of vSphere Standard, Advanced, Enterprise or Enterprise Plus licenses and one instance of vCenter Server Standard.
VMware vCenter Server Standard
vCenter Server is licensed per instance and enables centralized management and deployment of core vSphere features such as VMware vMotion, VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler, and more.
VMware vSphere Standard, Advanced, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus
VMware vSphere defines the features enabled for each physical host in the virtual infrastructure. The vSphere editions are licensed on a per processor basis where a processor is defined as a populated socket with one or more physical processor cores. The number of processor cores licensed by the software depends on the edition. VMware vSphere Standard and Enterprise define a processor as up to 6 cores while VMware vSphere Advanced and Enterprise Plus define a processor as up to 12 cores.
Learn more about VMware licensing.
VMware vCenter Chargeback Pricing
Suggested retail pricing for U.S. editions of VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter Server available are shown below. Contact your local reseller partner for specific pricing. Learn more about the VMware vSphere 4 Editions.
Note: List Pricing is for reference purposes only and is subject to change without notice. Pricing reflected in this document is suggested retail price in USD, for sales in the US. Regional prices may vary.
VMware vCenter Chargeback |
U.S. Suggested List Price per Processor |
|---|---|
| VMware vCenter Chargeback Includes license. Support and subscription sold separately. |
$750  |
VMware vCenter Chargeback to Transition to a Per VM Licensing Model
As the industry moves towards cloud computing, IT increasingly needs to manage at the virtual machine (VM) level rather than the physical hardware from which it is abstracted. With virtual machines now being the new unit of management, IT organizations need flexible deployment and licensing options that fit the demands of the new model.
Starting September 1, 2010, VMware vCenter Chargeback will transition from the existing per processor licensing to per VM licensing. Learn more about how per VM licensing will work.
