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I am a bit confused about VMware's licensing with vSphere Hypervisor (the free one). I have a server with 2 X5650 Intel processors which have 6 cores each and 12 threads. What would be the maximum number of cores I can allocate to a single VM (guest) with vSphere Hypervisor?

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  • Welcome to Serverfault. Can you provide the version of VMWare along with the actual hypervisor. ESX, ESXi, etc. Thanks! – Citizen May 29 '20 at 21:09

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AFAIK, you're limited to 8 vCPU's per VM.

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  • Yes, 8 vCPU is a limitation. In addition, nice guide comparing free ESXi vs paid. https://www.vmwareblog.org/esxi-free-buy-esxi-anyway/ – Stuka Jun 07 '20 at 21:45