VMware vSphere 8 Enterprise Plus with Add-on for Kubernetes (per Core, 1-Year Subscription)

VMware vSphere 8 Enterprise Plus with Add-on for Kubernetes is a per-core subscription license delivering advanced virtualization and container orchestration capabilities for enterprise-scale deployments. The offering integrates vSphere 8's hypervisor-level security, performance optimization, and lifecycle management with embedded Kubernetes support, enabling unified management of both traditional VM and cloud-native workloads across hybrid infrastructure.

The Enterprise Plus tier unlocks advanced features including vSAN stretched clusters, cross-vCenter vMotion, enhanced DRS capabilities, and proactive HA mechanisms. The Kubernetes add-on extends vSphere management to containerized environments through integrated container runtime support and unified operational dashboards, eliminating separate control planes for VM and container workload governance.

Licensing is applied per physical processor core on a 1-year subscription basis, scaling with infrastructure capacity. This model supports multi-year prepayment arrangements common in enterprise environments managing large virtualization footprints.

Ideal for

• Consolidated virtual machine and Kubernetes container management across datacenter clusters requiring single operational dashboard
• High-availability mission-critical applications leveraging vSphere Fault Tolerance and Kubernetes pod distribution policies
• Hybrid application architectures running traditional N-tier VMs alongside microservices-based workloads on shared compute infrastructure
• VMware vSAN-enabled hyper-converged infrastructure deployments requiring advanced cluster stretching and disaster recovery
• Multi-tenant cloud environments isolating workloads through vSphere namespaces and Kubernetes RBAC enforcement
• Enterprise compliance scenarios requiring unified audit logging, encryption, and lifecycle governance across VM and container layers

Technical specifications

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