Adding ESX to Vcenter

[sasikumarsridha]

Hi Team,

     Is there any limitation in adding number of ESX or VM's to a Vcenter 4.1? And how can i add/apply new license keys to my Vcenter 4.1

Thanks in advance,

Sasikumar.

[nive1103]

Hi,

For vSphere 4.1,

Hosts per vCenter Server 1000

Powered on virtual machines per vCenter Server 10000

Registered virtual machines per vCenter Server 15000

Please check http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_config_max.pdf

For licensing, Goto Home -> Licensing -> Manage vSphere Licenses -> Add the license keys and follow the instructions.

[mcowger]

Note that while these are the limits, vCenter will be on its knees FAR before these numbers.

Most people find it starts to fall over closer to 200 hosts.

[sasikumarsridha]

Hi nive,

     What is the meaning of Registered virtual machines ? Is there any separation like registered and non-registered VM's?

Thnaks in advance,

Sasikumar.

[nive1103]

If the VM is registered, it will be visible in the Inventory. Then only VM operations like powering on, powering off, cloning, migration, FT etc can be performed.

Unless a VM is registered, files associated with that VM is just a bunch of files stored on the datastore and is not accessed by the host.

[sasikumarsridha]

Thanks for the clarification nive..