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veggiop
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 Posted - 2011-06-22 : 02:40:28
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| Hi,We are planning to deploy sql2005 on an ESX host.The host is a 4 cpu machine with 16 cores on each to give a total of 8 cores.If this was a physical machine, I would purchase 4 sql server processor licences.In the VM world, we create a guest, and assign a number of virtual cpus to this. In reality, these are only cores.If I assign 4 cores to this does a single cpu license cover this or due to the underlying mechanisms that vmware uses, does I need to take into account the other cpus?If the above is true, is there anything I can do with processor affinity etc.. to get round this issue.Many thankshttp://www.fivefingers.me/vibram/ |
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
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Posted - 2011-06-22 : 09:00:20
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| 4.Directly from Microsoft: In a virtualized environment, processor licenses are required for every processor that is accessed by a virtual machine.You should review this |
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vmware cpu vs core - understanding the licensing