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• get Vsphere 5.0 license key

  Hello

  Is it possible to get a license for Vspehere 5.0. 6.0 license key does not work on 5.0. It is now down 60 days.

  Thank you

  Peter

  No problem Peter

  Then connect to MyVMware, and then on the home page you should be able to select all downloads 'Quick links' to the right of the window that will be you to all products from the download page.

  Of here beneath Datacenter & Cloud Infrastructure with VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) and click on see the components that will take you to the download VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) page that must have the Select Version to download: area just below the drop-down 6.0 default title.

  Select 5.0 from this menu drop-down, and the product must move to VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.0.0 U3 which is the latest version 5.0.  Click on download.

  You may now see the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 Download Center, probably with a message saying that you are not registered for this product if yes click on Register under the button close the session in the Welcome to the right area and submit your details.

  You then return to the 5.5 Download Center, if you scroll through the packages download section 5.5 will be expanded, continue and you will find all previous versions of 5.x by download.  The key listed in the license information section will work for one of these versions.

  Good luck!

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• Essentials for vSphere Standard - correct license?

  We are running 3 x machines hosts vsphere 4.1 essentials connected to a server vCenter (not the essentials vcenter server) running standard. We know that if we improve these host machines we cannot be handled by our server vCenter (v5.5) due to a change of license and it is like not possible.

  
  After the execution of these 3 guests with Essentials, we now seek to introduce environmental vmotion and storage vmotion. Can you confirm for me that we just need to buy the right amount of vSphere Standard licenses?

  It doesn't seem to be an upgrade from Essentials to vSphere standard. Team VMware licenses have already recommended to talk to our partners and after that they recommend to purchase:

  VMware vSphere with operations management [Corporate - upgrading: VMware vSphere 5 Essentials to vSphere Operations Manag Std Acceleration Kit of 6 processors]

  It is also much more expensive and much more than necessary.  I believe that it is unnecessary to go this route because it is much more expensive than buying the vSphere licensing standards.

  Can anyone confirm that we just need to buy the right amount of vSphere Standard licenses in order to manage them with vCenter Server Standard to enable vmotion between these hosts?

  I understand that acceleration kits are grouped to be more profitable, but because you already have a license of vcenter standard you are right, you will need the correct number of vSphere ESXi licenses which is sold per CPU - so if your three hosts are dual cpu you will need 6 licenses

• Conversion from ESX to ESXi licenses

  Is it possible to use a license ESX to ESXi Server?  If this is not the case, what is involved in the conversion of an ESX license to an ESXi license?

  Thank you

  There is no difference in licensing.  The license number is issued for vSphere, and you can use with ESXi or ESX.

• ESXi license code

  Do I need to get a new license code for a second server that I am standing in my environment?

  Thanks in advance for the help.

  If you are already registered for the 'free' ESXi licensed version, you can simply reuse the key. I believe that by default that the license takes supporting up to 100 free ESXi host. If you have a paid license, so make sure you have another license for this new host

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• Details of port SAN Switch of vSphere or ESXi

  The way I see my network switch name & port details to which my ESXi network cards are connected via CDP.

  With the help of vSphere or ESXi command in any case I can check SAN switch of details in the SAN switch name & ports Details to which my ESXi storage HBA cards are connected?

  They are Cisco MDS 9513 SAN switches, you know a plugin or a way to see who?

  Yes, using the plugin VIEW, take a look: Cisco DCNM rocks | Jeremy Waldrop & #039; s Blog

• VMware vSphere 5.0 license

  Hi I have a problem:

  attempt to acquire a free license of VMware vSphere 5.0 license

  but you can only buy VMware vSphere 5.5 license

  try to put the license in my vmware 5.5 5.5 but does not accept

  someone help me?

  This is the link you posted earlier - Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor for free

  André

• Can I use an image in VMware Player for Vsphere for Esxi?

  Jeremy

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  Hello, my saver

  Currently, I have an Esxi, but before I used a picture of WMware player to my virtual server and I know, I use Vsphere to work with my 5.1 ESsxi, I just want to know if I can use my VMware Player image in VSphere for Esxi? and if the answer is Yes, how?

  Thanks for your help.

  Right, so use VMware converter to do this as indicated in my previous post.

  Kind regards

  Julien

• Both sites have same ESXi licenses?

  Quick and easy question from someone who knows very little SRM and must answer to a question from the client.

  In a site two scenario SRM, sites should have identical ESXi licenses?  For example, would need Enterprise more DR site if I'm running it in Prod site?

  Thanks in advance.

  Not really, but the siye recovery if you do not the Enterprise license more you will not be able to take advantage of one of the characteristics that have a license with Enterprise Plus - for example, a VM with 8 vCPUs start on recovery - site

• bad, ugly of vSphere good ESXi,

  We plan to make our upgrade from ESX 3.5 to vSphere with ESXi.

  Our environment is 25-35 guests, especially HP and some Dell.

  What would we be careful with ESXi (in addition to not having a console and scripts, etc.)?  Limits?

  I think it will take a bit of getting used to vCLI and vMA since we have been accustomed to the console on the host since ESX 2.0.  I had heard some security problems associated with ESXi, but I don't remember where I heard that someone has any information that might be useful?

  Besides the ESXi Chronicles Blog, someone has good blogs, etc. especially recommended for ESXi?

  BTW - are going to change the name of vSpherei?

  I think SSL/SSH is safe enough.

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• ESXi license message

  We have ESX 3.5 and virtual Ifrastructure who works very well.  I installed a free stand-alone host ESXi to use for a test environment.  I registered the ESXi license.  When I apply the license to the ESXi host I get the following message: "release current licenses: license source you selected doesn't include all the features under the license you are currently using."  Do you want to release all of your current license and still? "The message also joined this discussion.

  My guess is that this will simply replace evaluation of ESXi with the saved ESXi license license.  However, I don't want to harm our virtual infrastructure of production.  I am concerned because the license message does not appear in the literature or the knowledge base for ESX.  Can someone confirm if I click Yes I will be OK and that it only replaces the evaluation of ESXi with the saved license license?

  It is a standard received warning when moving to an evaluation license where you are allowed to do anything for a license with the support less features - there should be no impact on your production environment.

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• vSphere/ESXi licensing questions

  I have improved my Foundation 2.5 Server vCenter to vSphere 4.0. The Foundation Server managed a single host VMware ESXi 3.5. After I updated, I added a HP ESXi 4.0 host. ESXi 3.5 host gets its license to a central license server. ESXi 4.0 host has a 60-day evaluation license. I looked at the license for the HP ESXi host tab and noticed that the only licensing option is to enter a key. My first question is, ' is it possible to use a centralized with vSphere 4.0 and ESXi 4.0 license server? I downloaded the distribution for the ESXi 4.0 HP host so that I can get for my HP hardware monitoring agents. I have to go back to HP to get a key for this host?

  Thank you

  Greg

  The license server is necessary unless you continue to use 3.5 hosts.

  ESXi 4 can be a free license - sign up for vmware for a free license code - but it can then be managed from vCentreServer, only the direct vSphereClient, which has characteristics of low-cut.  Having said that there are many uses for the features single and manage only one host at a time by the customer.

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• assessment of vSphere/vCenter with ESXi license error

  I downloaded vCenter assessment and ESXi 4 software.  I installed ESXi 4 on several different physical servers and configuration of the virtual computer on each of these hosts.  Also made free licenses on those hosts.  Then I installed vCenter assessment with a 90 day trial license.  But when I try to add the ESXi host to vCenter console, I get an error license not available to perform the operation.  How can I get past this so I can continue my assessment of this system?  Thank you.

  I think that the reason why you can not return to the eval license is because you have ESXi installed for more than 60 days.  Thus, the period of time eval has expired.  I just confirmed that I can return on a new install of ESXi, return to eval mode, while on a more-than-60 days ESXi host, I can't return to eval mode.

  Therefore, you need to reinstall in order to get a 60 day trial 'new' period of time, or buy a license with the desired features.

• vSphere 6.0 license Standard downgrade then upgrade

  Hi guys,.

  Just a quick I'm not quite clear on if possible.

  Basically, I have two hosts of ESXi, an old box of 5.5 running on vSphere essentials license and a new box of 6.0 running with the standard license for vSphere.  The new server is not yet in production, and is associated with a San (current storage on the 5.5 server is local)

  We have a 4 CPU license for vSphere 6.0 standard, so what I was hoping to do was downgrade 2 CPU of this license to 5.5 and apply it on the 5.5 server, this will enable vMotion and let me live migrate servers of local storage for the new San and across to the new host.  I then tried to shut down the old Server 5.5, rebuild fresh with ESXi 6.0 and then upgrade the number of processors 2 license 6.0 who have been downgraded, back to 6.0.

  Is it possible to do so without incurring a cost?  I see that a downgrade is possible for free, but I'm not 100% clear on the component to upgrade.  Basically, I wanted to do it this way to avoid blackouts, but if it comes to it, then I can plan a failure, just try to scope out right now.

  Thank you.

  I was wrong. I just checked and you can select 'Upgrade quantity'. I learned something new today.

  From the point of view upgrade/downgrade you can make it back as long as you have a valid support contract.

• ESXi license key change

  Hello

  I checked the forum and also did some google

  I found below

  https://damiankarlson.com/2010/09/06/vSphere-licensing-via-PowerCLI/

  But it seems for esxi 4 x, may so that be with powercli x 6, we have a better way to do it?

  I want to change the license key for the esxi servers in a cluster, any guide please?

  Thank you

  And you have tested that it works with vSphere 6.x?

  I suspect that the Get-LicenseDataManager might be a better choice.