Can a company run a vSphere Essentials cluster and maintain a vSphere Standard cluster at the same time and still be in license compliance in the VMware EULA?
No requirement for all hosts to be managed by one vCenter server.
Can a company run a vSphere Essentials cluster and maintain a vSphere Standard cluster at the same time and still be in license compliance in the VMware EULA?
No requirement for all hosts to be managed by one vCenter server.
Sure. Why not?
If you pay for them and aren't managing via the same Virtual Center, there's no problem.