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License Calculator for VMware VCF, VMware VVF and VMware vSAN

This License calculator is used for VCF, VVF and vSAN. The users can enter the sample configuration data to run different simulations to determine the subscription licenses required for VCF, VVF and vSAN.

Supported Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.x
VMware vSAN 7.0.x
VMware vSAN 6.0.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.x

Instructions for using the VCF/VVF Calculator
# Dot source the function
. ./vcf-vvf-calculator.ps1

# Example calculator for VCF
Get-VCFandVVFCalculator -InputFile sample-input.csv -DeploymentType VCF

# Example calculator for VVF
Get-VCFandVVFCalculator -InputFile sample-input.csv -DeploymentType VCF

# Example calculator for VCF and export results to CSV
Get-VCFandVVFCalculator -InputFile sample-input.csv -DeploymentType VCF – CSV

# Example calculator for VVF and export results to CSV
Get-VCFandVVFCalculator -InputFile sample-input.csv -DeploymentType VVF – CSV

Sample Result for VVF with vSAN Capacity Licensing:

Sample Result for VCF with vSAN Capacity Licensing:

For details, please refer to this KB https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=96426

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Victor Wu

Chief Architect, Blogger, Author at Dell EMC Knowledge Sharing & Packt

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