3. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Windows Server virtualization
Myth: “Windows Server licenses may not be reassigned within 90 days and
Windows Server OEM licenses may never be reassigned, so customers may not
move virtual machines with Windows Server with Live Migration or VMotion.”
Truth: The first part of the myth is essentially correct (some exceptions exist,
though), but the conclusion is not. Customers who want to move a virtual
machine within their server farm must make sure that on the destination (the
host where the virtual machine will be moved to) appropriate licenses are
waiting. If for example hosts A and B are both licensed for Windows Server 2008
R2 Datacenter then an unlimited number of virtual machines running Windows
Server may be running on hosts A and B. If a virtual machine running Windows
Server is now moved from host A to host B, it will “find” the required Windows
Server licenses on host B and may therefore run there. In this example, the
licenses are not being moved, so this can even be done with Windows Server
OEM licenses.
4. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Windows Server virtualization
Myth: “Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter costs about the same as
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, so even if you have just five virtual
machines running Windows Server, Datacenter is more cost-effective
than Enterprise.”
Truth: Unlike Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, the Datacenter edition
uses processor licensing and it may only be run on servers with at least
two processors. This limitation rules out Windows Server 2008 R2
Datacenter as an option for single-processor servers. On servers with
two or more processors the number of virtual machines and the required
functionality will together determine whether Windows Server
Datacenter is more attractive than the Enterprise edition or not. On a
dual-processor server with five virtual machines for example, one
Enterprise plus one Standard license is the most cost-effective option.
5. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Windows Server virtualization
Myth: “The Product Use Rights document (PUR) state that you may only run
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter on servers with at least two processors,
so if I buy one Datacenter processor license for a single-processor server and
leverage lower edition use rights in order to use Windows Server Standard or
Enterprise, I can bypass this two-processor minimum.”
Truth: Whenever you exercise lower edition or prior edition use rights, the
original product usage rights still apply. Since Windows Server 2008 R2
Datacenter has a two-processor minimum, this threshold also applies if
Windows Server Standard or Enterprise is run instead of Datacenter.
Myth: “The two-processor minimum for Windows Server Datacenter was
introduced in 2008 R2.”
Truth: This threshold was introduced with the release of Windows Server
Datacenter 2008, not 2008 R2. It did not exist in 2003 R2 and prior versions.
6. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Windows Server virtualization
Myth: “A Windows Server External Connector license is needed for each
virtual machine running Windows Server that will be used directly or
indirectly by external users.”
Truth: Page 32 of the March 2011 PUR states “Each external connector
license assigned to a server permits any number of external users to
access instances of the server software on that server.” so all Windows
Server virtual machines running on a host can share a single External
Connector.
7. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Windows Server virtualization
Myth: “Like Windows Server licenses, Windows Server External Connector
licenses may not be reassigned.”
Truth: Page 32 of the March 2011 PUR states “You may reassign external
connector licenses to any of your servers located within the same server
farm as often as needed. The prohibition against short-term
reassignment does not apply to external connector licenses assigned to
servers located within the same server farm.” This exception may be very
useful because it means that a Windows Server virtual machine that
serves external users and runs somewhere in a server farm can take the
Windows Server External Connector with it as it moves.
8. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Windows Server virtualization
Myth: “Even if Windows Server 2008 R2 is used only as a virtualization
platform, Windows 2008 CALs are required.”
Truth: Page 30 of the March 2011 PUR states “You do not need CALs for
[…] (4) any user or device accessing an instance running in a physical
operating system environment that is used solely to (i) run hardware
virtualization software (ii) provide hardware virtualization services (iii) run
software to manage and service operating system environments on the
licensed server.” This means that your customer may move his servers
running Windows Server 2003 R2 and prior versions to virtual machines
on a physical server that runs Windows Server 2008 R2 without having to
upgrade his Windows 2003 CALs.
9. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Windows Server virtualization
Myth: “Microsoft doesn’t have a free or low-cost virtualization platform.”
Truth: Microsoft offers Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 – an operating
system with hypervisor – as a free download. Hyper-V Server is a
dedicated stand-alone product, which easily plugs into customers’
existing IT environments, providing live migration, cluster shared volume
support and expanded processor and memory support for host systems.
10. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Windows Server virtualization
Q: Litware has a single-processor six-core server with 10 virtual
machines. Choose the most cost-effective approach with which Litware
achieves compliance.
A: Windows Server Enterprise costs about three times as much as
Windows Server Standard, so the most cost-effective solution is 2
Windows Server Enterprise plus 2 Windows Server Standard licenses.
Now you might think “Why not Windows Server Datacenter?” Well, the
PUR doesn’t allow the use of this edition on single processor servers.
11. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Virtualizing SQL Server
Q: Prosecom uses ten servers with four hexa-core (6-core) processors and has
virtualized all Windows servers. It has one SQL Server Standard virtual machine
(VM) with 2 virtual processors. This VM can run anywhere and will be used by
thousands of external users. Another identical VM is running as a passive fail-over
server. What will be your recommendation for SQL Server?
A: A VM that is accessed by thousands of external users should be licensed
through processor licensing because it won’t be possible to monitor the number
of SQL CALs and the cost of these CALs will exceed the cost of processor licenses.
The SQL Server 2008 R2 Licensing Guide explains that customers may divide the
number of virtual processors (2) by the number of cores per physical processor
(6) and then round up this figure (2/6 1).
The VM may run anywhere, so either you license all ten physical servers for SQL
Standard or you use SQL Enterprise and leverage License Mobility.
SQL Server Enterprise (Standard too!) offers passive fail-over rights, so you only
need to license the active server (1 processor license), so the correct answer is 1
SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise processor license.
12. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
License Mobility
Q: Prosecom has data centers in Brussels and Bangalore, ten servers per
data center, one Exchange Server 2010 Standard virtual machine (VM)
and one SQL Server 2010 Enterprise VM. Both VMs may run anywhere.
Which licensing solution will you suggest?
A: Both Exchange Server 2010 Standard and SQL Server 2008 R2
Enterprise offer License Mobility. However, this customer’s server farm
exceeds four time zones, so in this instance both datacenters will need to
be licensed for Exchange and SQL. The correct answer is therefore 2
Exchange Server and 2 SQL Server licenses.
14. INTEGRATED SERVER MANAGEMENT SUITES DRIVE
SIMPLIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT THROUGH
STANDARDIZATION
•
Data Configuration
• Protection & Management
(Physical &
Recovery Virtual)
•
Server End-To-End
Compliance Monitoring
•
15. NEW CAPABILITIES AVAILABLE TO SERVER MANAGEMENT
SUITE CUSTOMERS
Previous With New Capabilities
Opalis grant NEW in Dec
2009
Service Manager NEW in 1 Jul
2010
Operations Manager Operations Manager
Configuration Manager Configuration Manager
Data Protection Manager Data Protection Manager
Virtual Machine Manager Virtual Machine Manager
SMSE / SMSD SMSE / SMSD
• Opalis available to SMSE / SMSD customers via a grant from Microsoft.
• Service Manager Server ML will be a new component of SMSE / SMSD on 1 July 2010.
• Both changes effective for Enrollment for Core Infrastructure (ECI) licenses
• Excluding ECI Standard which does not include SMSE or SMSD.
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16. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
System Center
Q: Which System Center products don’t require separate server licenses?
A: The right to use the server portion (also known as the “console”) of
System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) and System Center
Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is granted to customers who have
corresponding Server or Client Management Licenses.
Q: Why doesn’t a System Center Server Management Suite Standard
exist?
A: Such a suite existed in the past but has been withdrawn. However, the
CIS Standard Suite does contain Standard Server Management Licenses
for SCCM, SCDPM and SCOM.
17. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
System Center
Q: Litware wants to manage one Windows Server host with five VMs with
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and System Center
Operations Manager (SCOM). Which Server Management Licenses
(SMLs) are needed?
A: SCVMM requires an SML per physical server whereas SCOM requires
an SML per managed Operating System Environment (OSE), so here 1
SCVMM SML and 6 SCOM SMLs will be needed.
19. CORE INFRASTRUCTURE SERVER SUITES
ECI: Combine suites, and upgrade over time
Datacenter Enterprise Standard
Server Management Suite Server Management Suite Server Management Licenses
Datacenter Enterprise Standard
Highly virtualized Lightly virtualized 1 virtualized instance
For 2+ processor servers For 2 processor servers For 1 processor servers
Only 5% more than Only 8% more than Only 15% more than
Windows Server Datacenter Windows Server Enterprise Windows Server Standard
20. ECI COST SAVINGS
The pricing example below shows the relative value and cost (Select C) of a customized 100-
processor, 90 server ECI enrollment (20 Datacenter, 40 Enterprise, 40 Standard) vs. purchasing
the individual components separately and to purchasing only Windows Server.
$250,000 20% Only 8% more
$207,524
$200,000 System
$54,747
$165,681
Center $151,733
$150,000 FCS
ECI Windows
Windows $151,733 Mix Server
$100,000
Server Only
$50,000
$0
Products purchased ECI - 20/40/40 mix* WS L+SA only
separately
21. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
ECI
Q: Is ECI also available under the Enterprise Subscription Agreement
(EAS)?
A: Yes, ECI is available under EA and EAS, its product description is CIS on
the pricelist.
Q: Is it correct to say the SMSE is licensed per processor in ECI and per
server in other VL programs?
A: That is correct. All CIS Suites are licensed per processor.
Q: Is it correct to say that only the CIS Standard Suite may be obtained
for servers with a single processor?
A: Yes, that is true. The CIS Enterprise and Datacenter Suites may not be
obtained for servers with a single processor.
22. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
ECI
Q: Do the CIS Suites include the right to install the server portion (a.k.a.
“console”) of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), System Center
Operations Manager (SCOM) and System Center Service Manager (SCSM)?
A: Yes, they do if the following restrictions are observed:
• SQL Server (a prerequisite for these System Center products) must be
licensed separately.
• The server portion may only be deployed on servers that are licensed
with a CIS Suite.
This is the wording in the ECI enrollment:
System Center. Enrolled Affiliate may run any number of instances of the
System Center server software in any number of operating system
environments on each licensed server. Enrolled Affiliate may separate and
run instances of the server software in different operating system
environments on the licensed server
23. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
ECI
Q: If a customer standardizes on the Enterprise CAL Suite (ECAL) for all
Qualified Users, do the Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) rights that
are included in the CIS Suites add any value?
A: Yes, even in such a case, ECI adds value because servers require FEP
licenses too. The March 2011 PUR clarifies this as follows:
Page 93 Servers4 that access data require a device license in addition to
user licenses for connecting users. […]
Page 98 4For purposes of this requirement, “Servers” are devices on
which you run server operating systems.
24. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
ECI
Q: Why isn’t the “CIS Suite without Windows” migration SKUs available
as true-up SKUs?
A: The True-up process implies the purchasing and invoicing of a new
License plus SA. Therefore the customer will end up paying twice for the
License. In order to migrate a Windows Server license to a CIS Suite mid-
term, an additional Supplemental CPS will be needed. Such a mid-term
migration cannot be done using a True-up SKU.
25. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
ECI
Q: Customers who renew SA on Windows Server plus SMSE or SMSD
may obtain CIS SA-only SKUs. What about customers who have Windows
Server SA plus SA on a System Center Server Management License (ML),
e.g. an SCCM Enterprise Server ML?
A: Customers with Windows Server Enterprise SA should step-up from
the individual Server ML to SMSE. After that you can obtain CIS
Enterprise Suite SA.
Customers who have Windows Server Datacenter SA also need to step
up from the individual Server ML to SMSE, and then need to step up
from SMSE to SMSD (the SKU turns one SMSE to two SMSD processor
licenses). Next you can obtain the CIS Datacenter SA.
26. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
ECI
Q: Can our SCOM Server Management Licenses be terminated mid-term
if we want to migrate from Windows Server SA to a CIS Suite using a “CIS
Suite without Windows Server” SKU?
A: This is not a programmatic approach and will hence require BDSG or
Business Desk approval.
Q: If a customer currently pays for Windows Server L&SA and migrates
to ECI mid-term, how is it possible that he pays for CIS Suite without
Windows Server whereas he hasn’t fully paid for the Windows Server
license?
A: If a customer uses this migration SKU, remaining payments for
Windows Server L&SA will still be due through the original agreement.
27. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
ECI
Q: If a customer only enters into an ECI, not into an EA Enrollment or
Select (Plus) agreement, to which price level will he be entitled?
A: All ECI products are assigned to the Server Pool, so the customer’s
Select (Plus) or EA server pool price level will apply to ECI. If the
customer doesn’t have a Select (Plus) or EA for the Server Pool, then he
is entitled to price level A.
Q: Has the ECI threshold changed?
A: Yes. Whereas in the past customers needed to place an initial order for
at least 40 CIS Datacenter Suite processor licenses or at least 100
processor licenses for any combination of CIS Suites, the current
minimum is 50 processor licenses for any combination of CIS Suites.
28. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
ECI
Q: Is a calculator available for building an ECI proposal?
A: Yes. Use the ECI Pricing Estimator to generate an initial estimate at
http://eci.
Q: Is it true that ECI quotes can also be created using E3 and that
quoting no longer requires BDSG involvement?
A: ECI SKUs are available in E3. BDSG involvement would be required if
non Standard CPS need to be created.
Q: Customers who migrate from Windows Server with active SA to ECI
using a CIS without Windows Server SKU are credited for overlapping
Windows Server SA. Which SA price will be used for calculating this
credit?
A: The Business Desk Support Group (BDSG) will calculate this credit.
They will use EA price list for doing so.
29. SUMMARY
1. Managed server virtualization with Windows Server, Hyper-V
Server and System Center offers customers a glide path to a
private or public cloud-based infrastructure.
2. Even if you use just a few System Center products for managing
your servers, the System Center Server Management Suite
Enterprise (SMSE) or Datacenter (SMSD) is more cost-effective
than the individual System Center Server Management Licenses.
The same is true for customers who have just a few virtual OSEs
per host and only use one or two System Center products.
3. The easiest and most cost-effective way for obtaining Windows
Server, SMSE or SMSD, and Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP)
for servers is with the EA Enrollment for Core Infrastructure (ECI).
ECI offers a choice between three Core Infrastructure Server (CIS)
Suites: CIS Standard for single-processor servers, CIS Enterprise
for lightly virtualized workloads on dual-processor servers and
CIS Datacenter on highly virtualized dual-processor and bigger
servers.
30. SUMMARY
4. Customers with active SA on Windows Server Enterprise and
SMSE can migrate to CIS Enterprise, and should do so at SA
renewal. The same is true for customers who have active SA on
Windows Server Datacenter and SMSD.
5. Customers who have active SA on Windows Server but not on
SMSE or SMSD can also migrate to ECI by using a “CIS Suite
without Windows Server”. Customers will be credited for
overlapping SA, which means that you don’t have to wait until
your SA renewal date (unlike customers who have both Windows
Server and SMSE/SMSD, as explained in the previous slides).
31. CALL TO ACTION
1. Consider individual System Center Server Management Licenses
vs SMSE or SMSD because these suites are much more cost-
effective and streamline System Center licensing.
2. When renewing Windows Server SA, consider adding System
Center and Forefront Endpoint Protection by migrating to ECI.
3. When renewing SA you can seamlessly migrate from Windows
Server SA plus SMSE or SMSD SA. Migrating from Windows
Server SA to ECI can be done at any time.
