F R E Q U E N T LY A S K E D Q U E S T I O N S
VMware vFabric Application
Performance Manager Pricing
and Packaging FAQ
Licensing Definition
Tracking and Compliance
Q1.1: On what basis is licensing calculated?
Q2.1: How do I track license usage and compliance?
A: VMware® vFabric™ Application Performance Manager is priced
per virtual machine. You need one Application Performance
Manager license for each virtual machine that is part of
the application you are managing. Because Application
Performance Manager is a bundle of two products (VMware
vFabric AppInsight and vFabric Hyperic®), you will receive
separate license keys for each product for the number of
virtual machines purchased. Although AppInsight and Hyperic
integrate their data within the AppInsight dashboard, they
have different licensing mechanisms, and Hyperic can be
purchased as a standalone product.
A: A log file counts the number of virtual machines in your topology,
which should correlate with your total number of licenses
purchased. Contact your sales team for detailed instructions on
how to locate this file in your deployment.
Q1.2: Do physical servers factor into the licensing cost?
A: For Application Performance Manager 1.0, there is no charge for
physical servers. Standalone Hyperic licenses can be purchased
separately for monitoring physical servers that are not part of
applications managed with Application Performance Manager.
Q2.2: What if I exceed my license entitlement?
A: Application Performance Manager is designed to assist
application owners during scale-up and scale-out. As such,
Application Performance Manager does not prevent you from
exceeding the available licenses. VMware licensing policy is
that customers should buy licenses in advance of use, so we
recommend monitoring licensing consumption and extending
the available licenses before exceeding it. Contact VMware
Sales or your local reseller to purchase more licenses.
Products and Entitlements
Q1.3: How big can I make my virtual machines?
Q3.1: What is the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP)
for Application Performance Manager?
A: There is no limit to the size of your virtual machines. The
amount of CPU and disk space allocated to your virtual
machine should be dictated by the needs of your application.
A: Application Performance Manager MSRP is USD $360 per
virtual machine.
Q1.4: What happens to my license when I shut down a virtual
machine?
A: Your license will be returned to your license pool and can
be reused at any time, even in a different location or on a
different cloud. Application Performance Manager counts
license consumption as the total number of concurrent
virtual machines running under management at any time.
Q1.5: My application scales dynamically. What number of
virtual machines should I use to calculate cost?
A: You should calculate the number of virtual machines that your
application scales to for peak usage and purchase the maximum
number of licenses you anticipate using.
Q3.2: Are any other VMware products needed to run it?
A: Application Performance Manager requires vCenter™ Server
for many of its transaction-monitoring and discovery features.
Q3.3: Are any products licensed separately?
A: Application Performance Manager requires vCenter Server for
many of its transaction-monitoring and discovery features. More
information and pricing on this product can be found here.
Application Performance Manager is designed to close the loop
between operations teams managing the underlying virtual and
cloud infrastructure, and the application teams deploying on
top of them. For organizations in which collaboration between
these two teams is possible, we recommend considering the
use of two additional VMware applications:
•vCenter Orchestrator – Enables closed-loop workflows to take
autoremediation actions when Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs) are exceeded in Application Performance Manager.
vCenter Orchestrator is included at no charge with vCenter.
•vCenter Chargeback – Allows cost tracking to help keep
application performance in line with application cost.
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Implications for Existing Applications
Q4.1: vCenter AppSpeed enables transaction monitoring.
Which product should I choose?
A: Much of the technology powering AppSpeed was used to
develop Application Performance Manager. All customers
using AppSpeed are entitled to upgrade to Application
Performance Manager for the increased functionality and
value it provides.
Q4.2: I have Hyperic already. Am I entitled to upgrade to
Application Performance Manager?
A: No. Hyperic will continue to remain an independent product
as well as part of the Application Performance Manager bundle.
There is currently no upgrade SKU for moving from Hyperic
to Application performance Manager. Contact your sales
representative to learn more about how you can purchase
Application Performance Manager.
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