I’ve written a number of posts on how to install ESXi, vCenter and similar products but if memory serves me right, I don’t recall explaining in any detail how to apply license keys after you’re done installing. From a recently held conversation, I learned that licensing VMware products can be a tad confusing to some.
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In today’s post, I go through the process of licensing the most frequently deployed VMware products these being ESXi and vCenter Server along with features such as vSAN. There are several options you can use to manage license keys; GUI, command line tools and PowerCLI. Let’s have a look.
May 29, 2017 Step#2 - Assign License to Virtual Center. Go to Licenses Option and and Click on Manage Your Assets under Getting Started tab. It will redirect you to Assets Tab. Under Assets Tab Go to vCenter Server Systems (To Assign License to Virtual Center). Do the same for ESXi Host in Hosts Tab if you want to assign License to ESXi Host. Click on Firts Icon - to Assign License; Select License and Click on OK. To Assign the License key for standalone ESXi follow the steps below. To license a standalone ESXi 5.x (vSphere Hypervisor): Log in to the ESXi host using vSphere Client. Click the Configuration tab. Click Licensed Features under Software. Click Edit under Licensed Features. Select Assign a new license key to this host. Press Enter and enter the License Key. May 03, 2018 Free ESXi 6.7 - How to Download and get License Keys Posted by fgrehl on May 3, 2018 Leave a comment (3) Go to comments vSphere 6.7 has been released and as known from previous versions, VMware provides a free version of their Hypervisor ESXi for everyone again.
How to license a standalone ESXi host
There are two ways to apply license keys on ESXi. You can either use the host client or run the vim-cmd shell command. The host must not be managed by vCenter Server – hence the term standalone – when using these methods.
Method 1: Using the host client
As always, navigate to https://<ESXi IP address> and log in as root. Click on Manage and select the Licensing tab.
Figure 1 – Using the ESXi host client to apply a license key
Click on the Assign license button and type in the designated license key. Click on Check License to verify the key. If it is valid, press Assign License once more to apply it.
Figure 2 – Verifying and applying a license key on ESXi
If for any reason you need to remove a license, you can do so by clicking on the Remove License button. Since there can only be one license assigned at any time, the last one entered is picked up by default.
Method 2: Running vim-cmd from shell
You first need to enable shell on ESXi using either the DCUI or the host client. Once you that, SSH to the ESXi host and log in as root. Run the following command: