VMware VSphere Essentials Plus Kit - (v. 8) - Upgrade License - 3 Hosts - Upgrade From VMware VSphere 8 Essentials - VS8-ES-ESPL-UG-C

• VMware vSphere hypervisor architecture
  vSphere hypervisor architecture provides a robust, production-proven, high-performance virtualization layer that enables multiple virtual machines to share hardware resources with performance that can match or exceed native throughput.
• VMware vCenter server for essentials
  vCenter server for essentials provides centralized management and performance monitoring for all virtual machines and vSphere hosts with built-in physical-to-virtual (P2V) machine conversion and rapid provisioning, using virtual-machine templates.
• VMware vSphere VMFS
  vSphere VMFS enables virtual machines to access shared storage devices (Fiber Channel, iSCSI, etc.) and is a key enabling technology for other components such as VMware vSphere Storage vMotion.
• Mware vSphere thin provisioning
  vSphere thin provisioning provides dynamic allocation of shared storage capacity, enabling IT organizations to implement a tiered storage strategy while reducing storage spending by up to 50 percent.
• VMware vSphere vStorage APIs
  vSphere vStorage APIs provide integration with supported third-party data protection.
• VMware vSphere Update Manager
  vSphere Update Manager automates tracking, patching and updating for vSphere hosts and for applications and OSs running in VMware virtual machines.
• VMware vCenter Converter
  vCenter Converter enables IT administrators to rapidly convert physical servers and third-party virtual machines to VMware virtual machines.
• VMware vSphere content library
  vSphere content library provides simple and effective centralized management for VM templates, virtual appliances, ISO images, and scripts.
• Hardware compatibility
  Hardware compatibility is possible with the broadest range of 32- and 64-bit servers and OSs, storage and networking equipment and enterprise management tools.
• vSphere high availability
  vSphere high availability provides cost-effective, automated restart within minutes for all applications in the event of hardware or OS failures.
• vSphere vMotion
  vSphere vMotion enables live migration of virtual machines across servers with no disruption to users or service loss, eliminating the need to schedule application downtime for server maintenance.
• vShield endpoint
  vShield endpoint provides agentless antivirus and antimalware protection to secure your virtual machines.
• vSphere replication
  vSphere replication provides low-cost replication for your virtual machine and serves as the foundation for leveraging a cloud-based disaster-recovery solution from a VMware cloud service provider.
• Maximize application availability and protect information assets
  Achieve always-available IT with live migration for virtual machines and high availability for applications in virtual-machine clusters. Protect your data with the reliability of vSphere and integrated backup, recovery and failover features.
• Consolidate and optimize IT investments
  Achieve consolidation ratios of 10:1 or higher and improve hardware utilization from 5-15 percent to 80 percent or more without sacrificing application performance.
• Simplify management and enhance productivity
  Provision new applications in minutes instead of days or weeks, monitor virtual-machine performance and automate patch and update management.
• Streamline software development
  Safely test complex multitier configurations in a secure, isolated sandbox environment while enabling test and development teams to share server, network and storage infrastructure.

VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit delivers the industry leading virtualization platform at an affordable price for IT environments that run 20 or fewer server workloads. With vSphere Essentials Plus Kit, a small business can leverage a comprehensive and cost effective virtualization solution to protect its business, reduce its IT footprint, and save on IT costs.
vSphere Essentials Plus Kit is designed for small businesses that are getting started with virtualization. It provides virtualization and centralized management for up to three server hosts. vSphere Essentials Plus Kit provides business continuity with a smaller IT footprint, which reduces overall hardware costs. Small businesses can ensure business continuity by using features such as vSphere high availability (automatic restart of applications when server failures are detected) and vSphere vMotion (elimination of planned downtime during server maintenance). Protect your business applications with VMware vShield Endpoint (agentless antivirus and antimalware protection for virtual machines). vSphere Replication adds low-cost replication for your virtual machines and provides a foundation for small businesses to leverage a cloud-based disaster-recovery solution from a VMware cloud service provider.
The result is an always-available IT environment that is more cost-effective, resilient and responsive to changing business needs.