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System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho, EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO
Book Image

System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho, EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Licensing the System Center


System Center 2012 is licensed with two versions, Standard and Datacenter. The same capabilities across editions are differentiated only by virtualization rights. All System Center components are included in these two editions.

Getting ready

The license is now required only to manage endpoints. No additional licenses are required for management consoles and they are available exclusively with Software Assurance.

How to do it…

As part of the private cloud design solution, you need to define the license that you will need, based on your solution design and business requirements.

Note

For updated information about licensing, go to https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/SystemCenter2012-R2.aspx.

How it works…

The following is the license summary for System Center 2012 R2:

  • For endpoints being managed: No additional licenses are needed for management servers or SQL Server technology

  • Consistent licensing model across editions: Processor-based license that covers server management (up to two processors). User-based or OS environment (OSE)-based license for client management

System Center 2012 editions

Datacenter

Standard

Recommendation

For highly virtualized environments

For lightly or non-virtualized environments

Virtualization rights

Unlimited

Two Operating Systems

Capabilities

All SC components and all workload types

All SC components and all workload types

License type

Covers up to two processors