Reconciliation of Windows Server Licensing of VMs on ESX Hosts

[mikewhalley1]

What is the best approach for addressing use cases where there are ESX hosts running Windows Server VMs? It seems that because. during compliance calculations, the VMs are looking for a Windows Server or Hyper-V physical host (not ESX, where Windows Server cannot be installed) to calculate consumption that they drop out of license calculations as "unlicensed"

Do I need to allocate the Windows Datacenter/Standard licenses to the ESX host so that VM consumption is rolled up? Obviously, there is no evidence of Windows Server attributed to the host, so I'm assuming allocation will allow for consumption. 

Anyone else encountered this challenge?

[Elie Baho]

How do you allocate precisely the optimal cluster licensing allocation or do you let SAMPro do it all automatically?  The documentation is nice information, but it doesn't say how to do it.  How do I verify if the calculation consumption has been applied correctly?

Also, is there a table that show in a simple view of all Windows Server consumption on all hosts in 1 simple table extract regardless of the Edition or version calculated?

Thank you!

[Srinivas Ramanu]

Hi Elie

Thanks for your comments. Is it possible for a quick meeting on the same. Kindly provide your email id for further discussion.

[Elie Baho]

info@bahoconsulting.com