Per named user plus, application user, or processor metric. Within a vm, if the host has 4 cores per socket, then a single processor license would allow you to. That is, the license will cover cpus with up to 32 physical cores. An annual license provides one year of guaranteed supportability of the latest stable xenserver release. February 10, 2017 admin microsoft has pretty predictably moved to per core licensing for windows server, just like sql server before it.
Starting april 2, 2020, all software that is licensed per physical cpu also called persocket licensing by some vendors will be limited to. Software license is designated as userbased, the named. When licensing oracle programs with standard edition one, standard edition 2 or standard edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to a socket. Can i have both vul perworkload and persocket licenses. New commercial license for oracle vm virtualbox oracle. Utility licensing commvault additionally offers utilitybased software licensing under the service provider license program. As it continues to virtualize and move towards itasaservice, software licensing needs to evolve to account for actual product consumption rather than arbitrarily licensing the physical hardware from which consumption is abstracted. A bmw provides more value than a yugo, so the bmw costs more. So while microsoft was always saying that vmware has higher licensing costs this might actually no longer be the case when windows server 2016 will hit the market second half.
A numerical value associated with a specific physical processor for purposes of determining the number of licenses required to license all of the physical cores on a server. Oracle vm virtualbox is the worlds most popular open source crossplatform virtualization software, with over 63 million downloads. Veeam software adds up to 6 instances free of charge to your license scope. You can select any number of vms which, unlike with persocket license, you can exceed slightly and there are 1 to 5year subscription licenses available with significant discounts on a longer subscription, also depending on how you purchase. Many software vendors have been moving to a percore license instead of a percpu license. In the enterprise world, software is often licensed on a percore or persocket basis, meaning software customers have to pay a set fee based on either the number of cpu cores they wish to run the. In multicore era, persocket pricing faces challenges. Socketbased software licensing has emerged more recently and is. If customers of persocket licensing software vmware found intel xeon platinum 9200 codenamed cascade lakeap attractive, they would. Processor value unit pvu licensing for distributed software. For more information about pvus, see the links to the.
Customers today license software from other major software vendors based on cpu cores that is, on a percore basis. Per vm license in veeam products vinfrastructure blog. Citrix xenserver is available as standard or enterprise editions based on a per socket licensing model, with onpremises subscription license annual or perpetual purchasing options. As customers renew software assurance on sql server, sa will remain at current perprocessor costs only for servers with four or fewer cores per processor. By tying the licensing to the number of sockets processors on the physical machine hosting the vms, it affords organizations another option to realize significant savings in their backup software licensing costs.
With this change, vmware is still using the percpu licensing model, but we will require one license for any software offering that we license on a percpu basis, for up to 32 physical cores. In the future, you purchase licenses per socket in increments up to 32 cores. For those of us with microsoft sql they have recently clarified their processsor based licensing. According to yankee group analyst laura didio, software licensing should be based on the number of processor socketsnot the cores.
Windows server 2016 licensing moves from per socket to per. The only way to license the physical machine to just one socket of 8 cores would be to physically remove the other socket from the machine. Whether that socket has 4 cores or 64 cores, you are licensing by socket. Instead, vmware is pivoting to selling persocket licenses limited to 32cores per socket. You can reduce your licensing requirement by setting sql server to only use part of the cpus. Move windows server licenses to azure and save up to 40 percent. Oracle applications software licensing information. Licenseageddon rages as vmware overhauls persocket licensing. Ibm continues to define a processor, for purposes of pvubased licensing, to be each processor core on a chip socket. Persocket perpetual licensing is still an option for customers who need to protect vmware vsphere or microsoft hyperv workloads onpremises. Capacitybased versus socketbased backup software licensing. You pay per processor you run the oracle software on. The cores per socket no longer influences vnuma or the configuration of the vnuma topology.
The arrival of eight and 12core x86 chips may make per socket software licensing seem like a good deal for users of microsoft server software. A processor value unit pvu is a unit of measure used to differentiate licensing of middleware based on distributed processor technology defined within the pvu table by processor vendor, brand, type and processor model number ibm continues to define a processor for purposes of pvubased licensing to be each processor core on a chip. In multicore era, persocket pricing faces challenges computerworld. Since its price per protected tb is likely higher than the other way that. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions. But note that pervm option for end users is only for the subscription licensing. There is a vibrant user community at, where users of all types congregate and provide support for each other, with participation from oracle development. The virtualmachine software provider takes the persocket side in the dualcore license pricing debate. Microsoft moves to per core licensing for windows server. Socketbased software licensing has emerged more recently and is gaining momentum in the virtualized environments. April 2, 2020 this is the date when the new licensing change goes into effect with the 32core percpu licensing model. For example, after you have assigned a software license to a server, you are permitted to run the software on that server. Software licensing is a way to collect payment from the customer in a way that reflects the value the customer received. This is more to the trend of denser servers that is, with more and more cores per server and, possibly, in a nod to azure.
April 30, 2020 this is the last day of the grace period following april 2, 2020 that vmware is giving free licenses to customers who purchase physical servers with more than 32cores prior to this date below is an info graphic showing the current licensing model as. Licensing for sql is based on the physical processor per vm. Ultimately, we see 2019 as a potential armageddon for licenses or licenseageddon due to potential outliers versus the golden decade core count trendlines. However, no new updates will be available, and customer support costs would be incurred on a perincident basis. This is good for vmware as their licensing did not changed in the vsphere 6. License metrics determine how software usage is measured e. Vmware changing cpu license model limits cores per. The company said the move brings it more in line with the percore licensing plans of other software developers.
By default, customers are offered a fixed ratio of 7 instances per 1 socket licensed regardless of. What does vmware changing its licensing model mean for. Veeam licenses software in a variety of ways depending on the specific product and use case. To protect certain workloads such as nas file shares, cloud workloads and veeam agent servers or workstations, a vul license is required. Sql server provides a variety of virtualization and cloud benefits that help you save money on database licensing and retain flexibility in your database deployments. The fundamental disconnect between software pricing and. Veeam products may be referred to as software within this licensing policy. Managing software licenses in virtual environments paul baguley, principal, advisory services kpmg. The configuration cores per socket now only affects the presentation of the virtual processors to the guest os, something potentially relevant for software licensing. If i were an isv, i would license by core with a multisocket kicker due to. Is the veeam licensing per physical socket or per socket with a cpu. If the software is delivered to end user as preinstalled on veeampublished image with the operating system preinstalled, the right to use the operating system is governed by terms of eula of this operating system. Software licensing advisors licensing brief summary microsofts liberality in granting core licenses contains a healthy amount of selfinterest.
In this new license model, vmware will still license per cpu, however, the number of cores supported per cpu will be capped at 32. Windows server 2016 moving to per core, not per socket. Anything over 32 cores will require a second cpu license. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions microsoft. Instead of 2012s two socket license pack, 2016 will use a 2 core pack, with the license cost of each 2016 pack being 18th the price of the. Understanding vsphere virtual cores, virtual sockets, and. Vmwares new licensing fees are going to hurt amds 64.
The answer is that its all related to software licensing for the os and applications. A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a separate physical hardware system, and, therefore, a separate server. On february 3, 2020, vmware announced that their traditional percpu licensing model will be replaced by a percore model as of april 2, 2020. Many too many operating systems and applications are licensed per socket.
If you dont have a specific need again, usually comes down to licensing or os edition for multiple cores per socket, then. Sockets x cores per socket x pvu conversion full capacity deployments. Per processor licenses for your application yellow bricks. A server is a physical hardware system capable of running server software. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions april 2014 2 core factor. Refer to the sql server core factor table for core factors for specific processors.
In the case of software, it is harder to determine how much va. Nearly all vmware software is licensed on a per cpu basis enterprise. Inconsistent virtualization licensing requirements by software vendors. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions april 2017 3 server.
Sql server processortocore licensing conversion sla. It also enables centralized control over what applications the user is allowed to have access to on the workstation. License individual virtual machines vm, and when licensing per core, buy core licenses only for the virtual cores assigned to. Why 2019 foreshadows the per socket licenseageddon. Vmware licensing is moving toward percore pricing with a new model that requires one license for one cpu with up to 32 cores.
Im looking at replacing a server and the servers im looking at have 2 sockets, but i was only going to get 1 cpu. Nearly all vmware software is licensed on a per cpu basis. With the new licensing model, there is a limit of 32 physical cores per cpu. What does up to 2 sockes mean in rhel license red hat enterprise linux, premium up to 2 sockets yes senthil even with current 10core intel cpus, you can have rhel premium 2sockets work on 2 cpu sockets givbing you a 20core system 40way with ht on. For a complete definition of pvu licensing, please see description of pvu fullcapacity and subcapacity licensing below. Desktop virtualization simplifies software versioning and patch management, where the new image is simply updated on the server, and the desktop gets the updated version when it reboots. Why do software vendors still license by cpu or by core. To give you a more consistent licensing experience across multicloud environments, we transitioned from processorbased licensing to corebased licensing for windows server 2019 datacenter and standard editions. For vmware and other companies with persocket licensing, a 1. If you upgrade an esxi host to a version that starts with the same number, you do not need to replace the existing license with a new one.