
VMware vSphere Standard 8 / 3 years subscription - Per Core with a minimum of 16 Cores per CPU required.











VMware vSphere Standard is subscription software licensed on a per-core basis, with a minimum licensing requirement of 16 cores per processor.
Optimize your IT environment with VMware vSphere Standard
VMware vSphere Standard software (VCF-VSP-STD-8) is one of the key solutions in server virtualization, which enables organizations to run and manage virtual environments in their data centers. This license is intended for companies that need basic virtualization features but do not require the advanced tools available in higher versions of vSphere.
vSphere Standard allows you to run and manage virtual machines (VM) on physical servers, which enables efficient use of hardware resources. With VMware vCenter Server Standard, you can manage multiple hosts and virtual machines from one central point. vSphere Standard offers features such as VMotion, which allows you to migrate virtual machines between physical hosts, improving application availability and reducing downtime. Additionally, it includes basic memory management and resource optimization tools.
VMware provides various security features as part of vSphere Standard, including encryption key management and resource access control. More advanced protection mechanisms are available for higher licenses, but basic features are also available in the Standard version.
Functionality | Description |
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vCenter Lifecycle Management Service | Simplify lifecycle management of vCenter instances with one click. Shortens your maintenance window, making it easier to schedule updates earlier, allowing you to access new features faster. |
vSphere Lifecycle Manager | Manages infrastructure images to patch, update, or modernize VMware ESX clusters. |
Content Library | Provides simple and effective centralized administration of virtual machine templates, virtual devices, ISO images, and scripts. Added administrative control and versioning support. |
Virtual Volumes | Virtualizes external storage (SAN and NAS) and ensures its management, creating "aware" virtual machines, based on policies implemented by vCenter. |
Identity Federation | Connects to Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and PingFederate for central authentication and multi-factor authentication. |
Trusted Platform Module Support | Supports TPM 2.0, adding hardware security protection to the hypervisor. |
FIPS 140-2, 140-3, and Common Criteria Certification | Third-party validation of cryptographic algorithms and intra-hypervisor security validation. |
TLS 1.2 and 1.3 | Modern cryptographic security of data in transit. |
Standard Key Provider | Stories vTPM, VM Encryption, and vSAN cryptographic keys. Data-at-Rest Encryption in an external key management system (KMS) using KMIP. |
Storage Policy-Based Management | Enables collaborative management across storage tiers and automation of dynamic classes of storage services with policy-based control. |
vSphere vMotion | Enables live migration of virtual machines without disruption to users or loss of service, eliminating the need to schedule application downtime for server maintenance. Recent improvements to vMotion logic ensure disruption-free operations regardless of VM size, especially for large and critical workloads. |
Fault Tolerance | Ensures continuous availability of every application in the event of hardware failure - without data loss or downtime for workloads up to 8 vCPU. 2-vCPU Standard only. |
vSphere Replication™ | Enables efficient replication of virtual machine data, regardless of array, over LAN or WAN, and simplifies management by enabling replication at the virtual machine level. |
vCenter High Availability (vCenter HA) | Automatically restarts virtual machines after a physical machine failure. |
vCenter Server Appliance™ Migration | Tool for migrating and upgrading existing Windows vCenter deployments to vCenter Server Appliance in one step. |
Hot and Cold Migration to the Cloud | Supports hot and cold migration of workloads between hybrid clouds. |