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Updating a VMware vSphere License in the vSphere Client 6.7 U1
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Updating VMware Tools and VM Hardware Compatibility with vSphere Update Manager 6.7 U1
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Upgrade ESXi to 6.7 U1 Using VMware vSphere Update Manager Planning Your VMware vSphere Upgrade with VMware vSphere Update ManagerĮverything You Need to Upgrade the VMware vCenter Server Appliance to vSphere 6.7 U1 Looking for more information on your VMware vSphere Upgrade? Check out these handy guides! These articles may be handy if not all of your vSphere environment is running the most recent version.
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How to Update an Expired vCenter Server License in the C# Client How to Update an Expired VMware vSphere License in the vSphere Web Client It covers how to assign licenses to vCenter, ESXi, and vSAN.Īre you using an older version of VMware vSphere and trying to figure out how to add licenses? Check out these helpful tips: This video was made with vSphere 7 and shows you everything you need to know about license management. I have put together a video showing you how to do everything we just talked about. How to Manage Licenses in the vSphere Client Video Demo
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As part of the verification and testing of every VMware product you install, you should make sure to have a step to verify the license before you move to production. Once I did that I was good to go! Managing VMware Licenses in VMware vSphere 6.7 U1Īs I mentioned at the beginning of this article, it is very, very important to ensure you do not end up where I was when you log into the vSphere client. I had to right click on every host in my environment and select reconnect to get everything working again: In my particular case, every license in my lab had expired, and VMware vSphere was just not a happy camper. After Adding a VMware License in the vSphere Client 6.7 U1 Just select the Asset you would like to assign a license too. You can follow this process to assign any license such as a vCenter Server license, or a vSphere ESXi license. I simply select it, and click OK and I have assigned my license. From the above screen, click Assign License, which as a little key symbol next to it.Įarlier in this process, I named my license vSAN so I would know what it was for later. VMware vSAN licenses are applied at the vSphere cluster level, which is why I selected cluster in the above screen. The first time I had to assign a VMware vSAN license, it took me a few minutes to figure out how. I have clicked the Cluster tab within the Assets screen, as you can see. This is your portal to adding your VMware licenses to your VMware products. Click the Assets tab to view the assets you have in your VMware vSphere environment. Assigning a VMware vSphere License With the vSphere Client The second step in the wizard is the most important, make sure you give your license a name that makes sense, because we will need to know what each VMware license is for. From this screen, you can add a single or multiple VMware vSphere license as long as you enter them one per line. Like many things in VMware vCenter, there is a quick and easy to use wizard to help you.
From the above screen, simply click the +Add New Licenses button. The fist step before we an assign a license in VMware is to add the license into vCenter using the vSphere Client. As you can see I am using three VMware vSphere products in my environment:Īdding a License to VMware vCenter Using the vSphere Client
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If you have licenses entered already, you will be able to see your license key from this screen, which is why I have it blurred out. Next, we simply click Licenses in the left navigation pane, and we will be brought to the VMware vSphere License screen. We can get to this by first selecting Administration from the vSphere Client Menu. The first thing we need to do is add our VMware vSphere License to vCenter.