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vCenter Server systems are licensed with vCenter Server licenses that have per-instance capacity.
To license a vCenter Server system, you need a vCenter Server license that has the capacity for at least one instance.
Evaluation Mode
When you install a vCenter Server system, it is in evaluation mode. An evaluation mode license of a vCenter Server system expires 60 days after the product is installed no matter whether you assign a license to vCenter Server or not. You can set vCenter Server back to evaluation mode only within 60 days after its installation.
For example, suppose that you install a vCenter Server system and use it in evaluation mode for 20 days and assign the system an appropriate license. The evaluation mode license of vCenter Server will expire after the remaining 40 days of the evaluation period.
License and Evaluation Period Expiry
When the license or evaluation period of a vCenter Server system expires, all hosts disconnect from that vCenter Server system.
Licensing vCenter Server After Upgrade
If you upgrade vCenter Server to a version that starts with the same number, you can keep the same license. For example, if you upgrade a vCenter Server system from vCenter Server 5.1 to 5.5., you can keep the same license on the system.
If you upgrade vCenter Server to a version that starts with a different number, you must apply a new license. For example, if you upgrade a vCenter Server system from 5.x to 6.x, you must license the system with a vCenter Server 6 license.
If you upgrade the edition of the license, for example, from vCenter Server Foundation to vCenter Server Standard, replace the existing license on the system with the upgraded license.
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If you have existing license keys in your vCenter license inventory that have upgrade keys available in My VMware, use the generated recommendation .CSV file report to manually upgrade your assets, change your license assignments, and remove the outdated keys from your vCenter license inventory.
When you add license keys to your vCenter license inventory that the system proposes on the Add license keys page of the Import License Keys Data wizard, and after you complete the wizard, you update your vCenter license inventory with new license keys that must upgrade some old keys in your vCenter license inventory. To complete the upgrade process for the old keys in your vCenter license inventory with new keys from My VMware, you must manually remove the keys that the Upgraded_License_Keys.csv report indicates as inactive.
Verify that you have the Upgraded_License_Keys.csv report that is only available to download on the Ready to complete page of the Import License Keys Data wizard.
Procedure
- In the vSphere Web Client, select Administration, and under Licensing, select Licenses.
- Select the Licenses tab.
- Open your Upgraded_License_Keys.csv file and locate the Inactive Key in Use in vCenter column.
- View the inactive key in the .CSV file, select that same key in the Licenses tab in the vSphere Web Client, click the Remove Licenses icon, and click Yes. You can only remove a license if it is not assigned.The license key is no longer in your vCenter license inventory.
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To use product features, assign the licenses to assets after you add your license keys to your vCenter license inventory.