VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0b – CD key (perpetual licence / 2 devices)

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0b is revision 8.0b of VMware's bare-metal hypervisor. Installed directly on the server, it lets you run several isolated virtual machines on a single physical machine, with a minimal system footprint. This licence covers 2 devices, with no time limit: enough to virtualise two servers, for example a production host and a backup or test host.

What ESXi 8.0b enables

• Several systems on one server — Windows Server, Linux and test environments coexist without interference.
• Resource allocation — assign the number of cores, memory and storage machine by machine, adjustable on the fly for some settings.
• Snapshots — save the complete state of a virtual machine before a risky operation.
• Cloning — duplicate a validated environment to quickly create a new machine.
• Browser-based administration — full web interface, with no heavy client to deploy.
• Virtual networks — virtual switches and segmentation between the hosted environments.

Compatibility

64-bit x86 servers present on VMware's hardware compatibility list for vSphere 8. A processor with virtualisation instructions is mandatory. As with the whole 8 branch, some older storage controllers are no longer supported: checking your hardware beforehand avoids a nasty surprise during installation.

Activation

Your licence keys reach you by email within 24 hours at most. Install ESXi 8.0b on each of the two servers, open the web administration interface, go to licence management and enter the corresponding key on each host.

Buy VMware ESXi 8.0b in Switzerland

CHKEY is a Swiss company based in Lausanne. You buy your VMware ESXi licences in Switzerland: price in CHF, invoice — handy for your company's accounts — and support in English by email.