VMware by Broadcom-Portfolio Simplification Overview: Core VMware Bundles

Portfolio Simplification Overview: Core VMware Bundles

VMware has streamlined its offerings from 168 products, bundles, and editions to four core bundles, providing clarity and simplicity to customers. The four primary bundles are:

  1. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
  2. vSphere Foundation (VVF)
  3. vSphere Standard (VVS)
  4. vSphere Essentials Plus (VVEP)

Additional add-ons are available for both VCF and VVF, as detailed below.

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is an all-encompassing software-defined infrastructure solution, delivering a comprehensive cloud operating model for on-premises environments. It integrates compute, storage, networking, and cloud management into a unified platform.

Licensing and Key Details:

  • Subscription-based model: Disconnected, with future potential for connectivity.
  • Core-based pricing: Minimum of 16 cores per CPU (e.g., 4 CPUs with 4 cores = 64 cores).
  • Flexible terms: Available in 1-, 3-, and 5-year options. Updates in May 2024 will allow annual billing and co-term flexibility.
  • vSAN Allocation: 1 TiB per core.
  • Support: Premium global assistance with advanced SLAs, senior engineers, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

vSphere Foundation (VVF)

vSphere Foundation (VVF) is a streamlined version of VMware’s enterprise virtualization platform, designed to optimize data center performance for a range of organizational needs. It supports predictive and proactive management for enhanced performance, availability, and efficiency.

Licensing and Key Details:

  • Subscription-based model: Disconnected, with potential future connectivity.
  • Core-based pricing: Minimum of 16 cores per CPU.
  • Flexible terms: Available in 1-, 3-, and 5-year options with system updates planned for May 2024 for annual billing and co-term.
  • vSAN Trial: Includes a free 100 GiB vSAN entitlement in the upcoming 8.0U2b release.
  • Support: Production Support.

vSAN (Available with VCF or VVF)

VMware vSAN is now integrated within VMware Cloud Foundation and available as an add-on with vSphere Foundation, rather than as a standalone product.

Licensing and Key Details:

  • Subscription-based model: Disconnected, with potential for future connectivity.
  • Per-terabyte (TiB) pricing.
  • Flexible terms: 1-, 3-, and 5-year options, with May 2024 updates enabling annual billing and co-term.
  • Support: Production Support.

vSphere Standard (VVS)

vSphere Standard (VVS) offers core server virtualization, delivering data center consolidation and enhanced application availability. It is designed for customers needing virtualization capabilities without the full suite of advanced features found in higher editions.

Licensing and Key Details:

  • Subscription-based model: Disconnected, with possible future connectivity.
  • Core-based pricing: Minimum of 16 cores per CPU.
  • Flexible terms: Available in 1-, 3-, and 5-year options, with May 2024 enhancements allowing annual billing and co-term.
  • Support: Production Support.

This portfolio update aims to simplify VMware’s product offerings, making it easier for customers to select the right solution for their needs while providing flexible, scalable infrastructure.

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