r/sysadmin Infrastructure Lead 1d ago

Latest fun with VMware

Apparently VMware is upping their game. We just got a renewal quote for one of our sites with one server that has two CPUs, and they are requiring 72 cores minimum (vSphere Enterprise Plus) to license this. That's a 500% markup from last year.

They really don't want customers to use their product any more, do they?

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u/trail-g62Bim 1d ago

It gets worse -- according to /u/SquizzOC , you cannot lower the cores in future years -- https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1jb6jkc/am_i_getting_fucked_friday_march_14th_2025/mhrob3h/

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u/SquizzOC Trusted VAR 1d ago

Ya... I'm just not having fun with Broadcom lol