A small company wants to use VMware products for its production systems. The system administrator needs to recommend a solution that will deliver High Availability to the company's production applicat

vSphere Essentials includes vCenter Server Essentials and vMotion but does not include vSphere HA, making it insufficient for the HA requirement.

vSphere Essentials Plus is the minimum vSphere bundle that includes vSphere High Availability, allowing VMs to restart automatically on another host after a failure. Essentials Plus is specifically designed for small businesses that need HA and vMotion without the full cost of Standard or higher editions.

vSphere Hypervisor (free ESXi) is a standalone hypervisor with no vCenter integration and no support for vSphere HA, which requires a vCenter Server.

vSphere Standard does support HA but is not the minimum - vSphere Essentials Plus already provides HA at a lower price point for small environments.