Professional VMware Horizon 8.x Exam - Question Answer

A.

When purchasing VMware Horizon View Standard bundles, the license includes vSphere Desktop licenses. These licenses allow ESXi hosts to run virtual machines that are part of a desktop virtualization deployment. The number of ESXi hosts that can receive vSphere Desktop licenses is determined by the number of licenses included in the View Standard bundles.

Each View Standard bundle includes 100 seats, meaning that three 100-seat View Standard bundles include a total of 300 seats. The number of vSphere Desktop licenses included with each seat depends on the version of Horizon being used, but for Horizon View Standard, it is typically one vSphere Desktop license per seat.

Therefore, if three 100-seat View Standard bundles are purchased, there are 300 vSphere Desktop licenses available. The number of ESXi hosts that can receive these licenses depends on the number of sockets in each host.

The answer to the question is D. Up to 150 dual-socket ESXi hosts may receive vSphere Desktop licenses if three 100-seat View Standard bundles are purchased. This assumes that each ESXi host has two sockets. The calculation is as follows:

• Each vSphere Desktop license covers two physical CPUs (or sockets) on an ESXi host.
• With 300 vSphere Desktop licenses, there are a total of 600 sockets covered.
• If each ESXi host has two sockets, then 600 sockets can be covered by up to 300 ESXi hosts.
• Therefore, up to 150 dual-socket ESXi hosts may receive vSphere Desktop licenses.

It's important to note that this assumes that all 300 seats are being used and that each seat is entitled to one vSphere Desktop license. If fewer seats are being used or if a different version of Horizon is being used with different license entitlements, the number of ESXi hosts that can receive vSphere Desktop licenses may be different.