The customer-managed vCenter Server requires a separate customer-provided license. Table 3 describes the options for vCenter Server licenses from VMware sourced from the VMware vSphere Compute Virtualization Licensing guide. Select the license edition that best meets the requirements for your customer-managed vCenter Server.
Table 3. VMware vCenter Server licenses
Edition | vCenter Server for Essentials | vCenter Server Foundation | vCenter Server Standard |
Number of hosts | Up to 3 | Up to 4 | Unlimited |
vSphere licenses - managed |
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VxRail 7.x | Not supported | 2-node ROBO support only | All VxRail clusters |
VxRail 4.7.x | Not supported | Not supported | All VxRail clusters |