I know that everyone is looking for a way to get a grip on the future license costs involved with going to vSphere 5 in the future. Rynardt Spies over at VirtualVCP has created a real nice Excel spreadsheet which will help calculate the costs. Here is a screen clip of the spreadsheet:
Go on over to Rynardt’s site and grab a copy for yourself and start playing with some numbers. Here is the link to the post:
http://www.virtualvcp.com/download-tools/164-simple-vmware-vsphere-4-a-5-license-calculator