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• vCenter Licensing Question

  We are currently conducting environment vSphere with vCenter Server 5 5 (using the VCSA).  My vSphere, ESXi licensing have the right to upgrade to vSphere 6, but is not my vCenter license.  After further review, we have seen that the SnS support contact us on our vCenter license had expired in January 2015, so we went ahead and got that renewed back support.  My question is, now that we have renewed the support we may update this license vCenter vCenter license 5 6 or we will have to buy a new license of vCenter 6 new?  I checked my VMware Licensing Portal and this shows that we have supported on vCenter 2018 license, but I don't see any option upgrade to this topic.  Any input would be greatly appreciated.

  Welcome to the community,

  as far as I know all the licenses that are (or were taken over at the time a new version was released) by an active subscription can be upgraded. When you select "Update license keys" in the drop down menu "I want", you should be able to select and upgrade your vCenter Server license.

  André

• vCenter license migration.

  Hi all

  I'm n process of installing a new server vCenter and DB. Currently I have a vCenter 5.0 with Sql Express. I want to install new 5.5 vCenter as there is a problem with the Windows operating system. Can anyone provide steps on the migration of the current 5.0 vCenter vCenter license to new vCenter 5.5. And not taking a full backup of the current comics and migration to the new full DB will give me same old vCenter inventory?

  Kind regards

  Vikram kumar

  You must first migrate the database to db express to Full SQL 2008 DB. The steps are lower in the article.

  VMware KB: Migrating the database from the SQL Express vCenter server to full SQL Server

  -Deploy the new operating system and give the same IP address and host name you use for the old operating system.

  -Take the backup of the more secure base for located.

  -Take SSL certificate to the top of the old C:\ProgramData\VMware\VirtualCenter Server\SSL Server

  -Create the system DSN proper connections on the new host to vCenter server. For more information, see displaying and editing of the database server to vCenter Server installation fails with ODBC and DSN errors (1003928).

  -If the new VirtualCenter server using the same hostname and IP address, SSL certificates can be copied to the new server to eliminate the need to reconnect the ESX and ESXi hosts.

  -To copy the VirtualCenter Server SSL certificates:

  1. Create this folder structure on the new server:
  2. C:\ProgramData\VMware\VirtualCenter Server\SSL

  -To copy the VirtualCenter Server SSL certificates:

  -Copy these files from the server, VirtualCenter of origin to the new server, while preserving the folder structure:

  • VirtualCenter Server\SSL\rui.key C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware
  • VirtualCenter Server\SSL\rui.pfx C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware
  • VirtualCenter Server\SSL\rui.crt C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware

  -Launch Virtual center 5.5 installation see the installation guide for 5.5

  -When you are prompted, select use existing databaseand provide the correct credentials for the database.

  -When you are prompted, select this option to not reset the database to keep all your inventory data.

  -Restart the computer after the installation is complete.

  For detail info see the KB article below. http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=5850444

• Retrieve the vcenter license key

  Hello

  It is possible to get vcenter license key using PowerCLI?

  
  

  Hello-

  You can simply add in a property calculated to have the current name of vCenter included with the corresponding license info, as:

  ## array of names of vCenters to which to connect$arrVCList = "myvc0.mydom.com","myvc1.mydom.com"
  
  &{foreach ($strVC in $arrVCList) {    ## connect to this vCenter name    $oThisVC = Connect-VIServer -Server $strVC    ## get this vC's license mgr    $viewLicMgr = Get-View $oThisVC.ExtensionData.Content.LicenseManager -Property Licenses    ## select some things    $viewLicMgr.Licenses | select @{n="vCenterName"; e={$oThisVC.Name}},*    Disconnect-VIserver $oThisVC -Confirm:$false | Out-Null}} | Export-Csv D:\Scripts\License\licenses.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  

  I changed it a bit to keep things in preparation a little more (vs farce in a variable license info).  What do I do?

• vCenter license request

  Dear team,

  Karim plan to install the new vcenter server software I just want to know we have vcenter server 4 standard license, it will work wil on new server vcenter license 5... Help, please

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  I mean, you cannot add an esx5 to a vcenter 4, unless you reinstall to v4. But if you upgrade your host to v5, you need to update your license in myvmware.com key.

  Kind regards

  Julien

• Can I install a vCenter license-free in my lab ESXi?

  Can I install a vCenter license-free in my lab ESXi?

  I have material available since I migrated to our company SAN ESXi and want to create a laboratory. I have a few questions:

  (1) can I install a vCenter license-free in my lab ESXi or am I can only use vSphere to connect to my ESXi 2 lab hosts?

  (2) create a cluster environment even if I use the free ESXi version to mimic my ESXi connected to a San company Production?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  Yes, you can install vCenter license-free, since it will take place for the 60-day trial. I free ESXI host cannot be managed by vCenter, if it will not mimic your production http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1018275 plant

  Concerning

  MOhammed

• VCenter licenses

  Hi guys,.

  I set up a server VCenter having a maximum of three licenses from the essential Pack, I bought. Today I bought another essentials pack, it is possible to add this on the current server VCenter license give me 6 guests or do I need to have a separate VCenter Server?

  John.

  Yes, the option here.

• quick question on vcenter license

  quick question - Little confussion here on the version of vcenter.  Is there a version of vcenter company?  Or just vcenter license as 'standard vcenter' which then manages your esxi host with essential/standard/enterprise or company more licenses?

  There are a few versions. standard, Foundation and essentials.

  http://www.VMware.com/products/vCenter-Server/buy.html

• vCenter licenses for each host?

  I have myself in the hell of the license, vCenter license standard by the vCenter host or managed ESXi?

  Hello

  you buy 1 license per server vCenter vCenter and can manage up to 1000 guests with a single esxi Server vCenter

  Concerning

• VCenter license transfer between companies

  Hey, it's a strange question.

  My company acquired a business with a license and vcenter server. The computer specialist of the company reaching just to the left, without to release much information. Other contacts in the company have useless insofar as technical information. I wonder if anyone has ever transferred a vcenter license between companies only the information they needed to make a difference. They couldn't find the invoice for the order of origin either.

  The material is a stupid idea, otherwise I would wear just any server in the course.

  Any thoughts?

  Thank you

  The best thing to do is to contact VMware directly:

  http://www.VMware.com/support/contacts/

• Download the stand-alone host to vCenter License Server failed because the exception: vim.fault.HostConnectFault.

  Location:

  ESXi 5.5 Update 2 stand-alone host with a licnese Essentials

  vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2

  Whenever I'm going to add this host to vCenter he fails with the error: download the file < HOST IP > license to vCenter Server failed because the exception: vim.fault.HostConnectFault.

  I restarted the server vCenter, tried different credentials and looked through all the articles online that I can find online with the same question and nothing none of them suggested has worked so far.

  Thoughts?  Ideas?

  I'll leave this here in the event that it helps someone else.  I was using an administrator account on the stand-alone host in an attempt to add it via vCenter.  Once I started using the Root account on the host, I could add without problems.

• Different vSphere in 1 vCenter license

  1. we have the following items purchased for our next project.

  vSphere with operation management standard for 1 CPU x 6 (3 guests)

  vSphere with operation management company for 1 CPU x 6 (3 guests)

  standard server for vSphere vCenter 5 1 5 x

  2. my question is 2 different vSphere license can be managed under single vCenter Server?

  or we should purchase another license of vCenter server?

  Thank you.

  Hi and welcome to communities,

  You can manage all these licences in the same server vCenter Server.

  You could even mix the hosts with different licenses in the same cluster (you can use the functions that are known but on all hosts in the cluster).

  Tim

• The vCenter license

  I have a unique Vcenter manage my 2 data centers. It's enterprise 5.0

  I'm looking to implement Zerto as a backup/replication solution and it seems that it requires a Vcenter in each data center. I need to buy another license Vcentre or the license of the company allows me to run more than 1?

  
  

  
  

  Thank you

  
  
  Lee

  vCenter Server is allowed by the instance, which means that you need an additional license.

  André

• vCenter license requirement

  Hi people,

  I need a suggestion on an urgent basis. I have two sites (PR & DR) with 2 physical servers. I intend to buy the essential kit, which has a bundled vCenter. Now, I want to implement the replication of vSphere, but for this I need a vCenter to each site. So, should I buy the second vCenter separately in order to use the feature of vSphere replication? If yes then which version (essential or standard) and if not then please give advise on how to purchase licenses for development implement replication vSphere solution. Thank you very much.

  Kind regards

  MT Alam

  There are basically 2 scenarios how vSphere replication can be configured. With separate vCenter server instances, you must deploy a unit of replication on each site. With a single server vCenter Server, you deploy the unit of replication on the site of the target with access to the target data store. Whatever you do, make sure you familiarize yourself with the documentation and limits. In a single vCenter Server deployment, you will need to do some manual work, if the vCenter Server is not available at the time you need to recover the replica.

  Also, please be aware that replication does not replace backup!

  André

• Understand the Vcenter license

  Hello

  One of our clients allowed to purchase 2 of "VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite Enterprise 5.0 (package of 25 VM).

  As I understand it, is that we can create 25 s max by vcenter server VMs. But I want to manage my 50 vm using a vcenter server so I can handle that or not? If so, how?

  Thank you.

  Operations of vCenter vCenter Server are two different products. vCenter is the central key element which manages the hosts and virtual machines. operations ensures monitoring and analytical capacity, and we need a vCenter Server in place.

  VM 2 x 25 licenses stack up to 50 and basically allow you to use vCenter operations for 50 virtual machines managed by a vCenter. vCenter Server itself does not have these constraints of license, you can create as many virtual machines as you want.