-= Decommissioning of a license key on ESXi host in order to import in vCenter Server Essentials 6 =-

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  It's real reason in the upgrade path, you must first upgrade the vCenter before ESXi hosts. See the sequence below:

  https://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=2057795

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• (3) maximum number of hosts allowed for this edition of vCenter Server has been reached.

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  I was using the license for ESXi free Hypervisorr.  I could insert but the message was that she was allowed to always.  However, I had installed the trial vCenter and Windows Server Technical Preview.  It was impossible (for me) to tell the Vcenter VServer not managing ESXi hosts. Spend too much time on it I tried to uninstall the vCenter but apparently, he wrote many keys in the registry that are not removed automatically.  Unfortuantley it does for many, if not more, VMware products install on Windfows operating systems.  They expect that for sure you will want to install product Ref.   That is why the ESXI thought it was even if it was handled (from a non-existent server).  I asked the problem by far for a few days and then continued to the next version of what is now officially called Windows Server 2016 previews tech build 9841 (of October) would stop work on 15 April in any case, I found my copy of the server.   The next is expected early next month.  So I deleted all the Windows Server that was VM.   Iwill install vSpre customer t (not the web client!) and must be driven to re-inter code by ab.  If Esxi still thinks its managed by a non-existent Windows Server so I guess I hope it works maintenance or re - mode install ESXi servers.

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• How to recover the license of discommissioned ESXi host?

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• Cannot add the license key after ESXi 4.0 set to level

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• go esxi hosts and virtual machines in one vCenter to another

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  Please follow the procedure below.

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  2 creating a cluster (because it is new vCenter there will not be any available host.) That is why cluster creation wizard will not get to add in the new cluster host). While initially empty cluster would be created.

  3. once the cluster is created, immediately do a right-click on the cluster and add your hosts one by one. Not necessary to cancel the registration and the VM. Virtual machines will automatically be added who were there on the data store available with all guests.

  Don't forget,

  1. we do not mount any store data in vCenter, we assemble the data store on the host.

  2. If you mount the new data store (which did not exist before), you can mount once the new hosts are added to the new cluster. (Your SAN admin help)

  3. If you want to move your virtual machines from data store before the newly added/mounted data store, please SVMotion these virtual machines (by right-clicking on the VM > migrate > data store > select the data store that is new)... Please follow the same procedure for all virtual machines.

  4. you don't need to add empty hosts to the new cluster, add just as soon as all guests without you register VMs. Later, you can migrate to other store of data according to the requirement. NO need to download or download the VM.

  5. Please make sure that your ESXi hosts will be compatible with the new vCenter. Old version of ESXi always compatible with the new version of vCenter. Just check if you have all valid licenses.

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• Cannot open Server ESXi 4.0 from the assessment of vCenter Server has expired. Help, please

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• Change of host and domain name ownership virtual vCenter Server... issues to know?

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  Yes... Especially in vSphere where there is no license server is all the function key.  I don't foresee any problems.  But if you use a license server may want to change your license IP source if it is not already.

  You can also simply restart the vpx on your ESX host agents if you see weird problems

• Host migration of the most RECENT vCenter Server to the old version

  Has anyone moved hosts currently connected to a newer version of vCenter Server 4.1.0 to an older building?

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  You will lose good historical data...

• VCenter Server installed as a virtual machine within a ESXi servers it manages?

  Hi all.  I'm new in the world of VSphere... still in my evaluation period.

  I have only a single ESXi server running at the moment but plans to add a second later for high availability, vmotion, increase general capacity, etc.  They are / will be ESXi running on the internal storage and the virtual machines running on a shared SAN.

  Today, I installed VCenter Server 4 on a server at bottom of range/Office that I was carrying around running XP Pro x 64.

  As I was installing I read the guide installation and to my surprise, it seems to recommend that I have installed VCenter Server 4 as a virtual machine on my ESXi host.

  Now maybe I just spent too much time setting up my without new Lefthand requiring a 'witness' during the failover of one SAN to another... but I was under the impression that VCenter Server is not designed simply to host configuration, but is also designed to act as a 'witness' or to take account of quorum whenever a failure scenario occurred on one of my ESXi hosts.  I also noticed the VCenter Server features of a port "heartbeat", which I suppose one would use for the ESXi server heartbeat, but perhaps it is used for "connected mode" with other VCenter servers (I was intending to use only one since it is a small scale installation) I also felt that it would be useful enough to restore a damaged or shot ESXi host.

  So my question is, if my ESXi host dies and it is where I have VCenter Server installed, then high availability will be unable to work?  I guess there are going to be other issues with me unable to access VCenter Server while I have an ESXi host shot, too, as a greater difficulty to get the ESXi up?

  Maybe I'm wrong understand the purpose of the VCenter server... maybe it's not something that's necessary for HA, recovery, etc. and acts only as a configuration tool until something is wrong?  Or maybe I misunderstood the installation guide and they recommend only installing VCenter Server on an ESX box... they don't want this ESX box to be part of the group that manages the server?

  Finally, if indeed they recommend I install this on a ESXi host manages... would I ideally be install this for local storage on the server (where I installed ESXi) or on the SAN (where all my other virtual machines are installed)... or is it just personal preference?

  Thank you!!

  When you add hosts an active hemagglutinin vCenter cluster HA agent is installed on it.  This agent is what is actually the HA.  While necessary to add new hosts in a cluster and configure some specific parameters of vCenter vCenter's agents HA are self-sufficient and can handle HA failover so vCenter is offline.

  You must install the vCenter VM on SAN storage, so that he can use the vMotion, sVmotion, DRS, HA, functions etc. that require a SAN.

  -MattG

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• Upgrade license on ESXi host for a Standard license for vSphere

  On an ESXi host using the free version, I understand that to have it managed by our current Server vCenter (which is licensed to vCenter Server Standard 4) we must update the license on the ESXi host for a vSphere Standard license. First is correct in what I think? I know there is another option using the vSphere Essentials, but this only covers 3 hosts of what I read and we have 4 hosts ESXi we want to manage, and also we would prefer to have all managed under the vCenter server if possible.

  Second, if it's true, it's as simple as putting in the new license key on the ESXi host, and then I will be able to manage through our current server vCenter (who also manage our ESX host)? Or it would be a full erase + install different version of ESX on each host?

  Thank you

  you are perfectly right and it's as simple as that. Just enter the new key on the host computer through the vSphere client and add it to vcenter.

  The standard license is the one you want.

  Best regards

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• Quick newb question: possible to 'navigate' the file on an ESXi host computer system remotely?

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• vCenter license key 5

  Hello

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  I have installed and configured the VMware vCenter-Server-Appliance 5 in one of the 5 ESXi servers.

  If I connect with vSphere Client for the server vCenter, I get the message that it's in track mode and I left 60 days.

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  Kind regards

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• Assess the VC with ESXi hosts

  Hello

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  In the documentation for the assessment of the VC2.5, it states that once installed VC and ESX3.5 no license requirements for the first 60 days and that all VI3 functions will be available during this period.

  It does not refer to ESXi and how these hosts must be configured (license config) for use with VC and all features, Vmotion, HA, DRS etc.

  My understanding is that ESXi hosts should be configured with the database server licenses to allow them to participate in the assessment, as features such as vmotion, etc. require VC/license server bases. Obviously if I was evaluating ESX3.5 then no config would be necessary because it also allows all the features for the first 60 days. ESXi is however not evaluated and thus does not give access to the full functionality for 60 days.

  How should the environment be configured to allow the use of CR 60 days eval with ESXi hosts using all the features - vmotion, HA and DRS.

  Please can someone explain this for me?

  Even when assessing the VC, you need to install a license server is placed just in evaluation mode - this is the server licenses as dolse on DBS licenses, HA and vMotion.

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