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Nikhil_Patwa
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vCenter Server upgrade to version 5.0

Hi,

I would like to know during upgrade of vCenter Server 5.0 do we require a new license key or it use's the existing version's license key.

I have vCenter Server 4.1 Standard installed together with 6 ESXi 4.1 hosts installed with vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses each with 2 CPU. I am planning to upgrade my virtualization environment to vCenter Server 5.0 and vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus, please can someone brief me on the license requirements - can I use the existing vCenter 4.1 and vSphere 4.1 licenses to upgrade to version 5.0 thus I would not be required to buy new licenses.

Hoping to receive some information on my queries.

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Nikhil

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thomps01
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No, not if you've got valid support and subscription.


You need to visit the licence portal to upgrade the licence ( I think).


I did this myself last week and I'm pretty sure even though I already had a fully working vCenter 4.1, I was required to input the new v5.0 licence file.

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thomps01
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You will need a new licence key.

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Nikhil_Patwa
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Does this mean I will have to pay for my new version 5.0 license?

Can I ask VMware to provide me with the version 5 license keys as am already having version 4.1 licenses?

Nikhil

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thomps01
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No, not if you've got valid support and subscription.


You need to visit the licence portal to upgrade the licence ( I think).


I did this myself last week and I'm pretty sure even though I already had a fully working vCenter 4.1, I was required to input the new v5.0 licence file.

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Nikhil_Patwa
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Hey thanks for the information, I checked my VMware license portal after a very long time and to my surprise I had the upgrade options available to a lot of my vmware products including vCenter Server and vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses.

Will be upgrading my infrastructure pretty soon as now I have the licences.

Nikhil

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