So we just got our renewal quotes from VMware... Not much change in pricing except they're telling us that our 2x VMware Essentials Plus clusters will now require us to also pay 2x support contracts for VSA to go with them - something we've never used, don't require, and don't want. It doubles the support costs of the 2 clusters.
The VMware rep is telling us that they started bundling VSA as a required part of Essentials Plus and now require a support contract.
Our Enterprise cluster is not impacted (yet?).
Sound like typical games? Is this, if fact, "normal" now? They're quite literally trying to spin it to us as "we GAVE you VSA!". In my book $875/year (each) is not free.
We will gladly move both of those clusters to KVM if our support doubles - one is simply a test cluster anyways.
The VMware rep is telling us that they started bundling VSA as a required part of Essentials Plus and now require a support contract.
Our Enterprise cluster is not impacted (yet?).
Sound like typical games? Is this, if fact, "normal" now? They're quite literally trying to spin it to us as "we GAVE you VSA!". In my book $875/year (each) is not free.
We will gladly move both of those clusters to KVM if our support doubles - one is simply a test cluster anyways.