I think the way the license agreement is worded it may not allow this.
However what you can do is setup an eval license on the DR server and configure the server with it. Then copy your prod license to the DR server and keep it there in case you ever need it. If you do need to use it simply power up the ESX server and switch licenses.
It would probably be best to purchase licenses for both servers because you will probably want to periodically power up the DR server to patch and maintain it and any VM's that are on it.
License agreement:
VMware grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable license, without rights to sublicense, to :smileyinfo: install or have installed a single instance of the Software and each Licensed Additional Module on a single Server, unless permitted to have multiple instances on a single Server or to have multiple instances on multiple Servers by the payment of applicable license fees (whether such fees are based on a per Processor, a per Virtual Machine, a per user or any other VMware approved licensing model); (ii) use the Software and each Licensed Additional Module solely for information processing and computing purposes, including the hosting of computer application-based services from a Virtual Machine and provision of such services via an internal or external network, provided such services may not consist of services to a third party that provide primarily computing or processing power (such as utility computing or grid computing) or any computer application-based service that is traded, rented, leased or sold on a Virtual Machine basis; (iii) use and reproduce the VMware Virtual Machine Console (in object code form only) for installation and operation on an unlimited number of your own internal computers or terminals solely for the purpose of accessing the Server on which the Server Software is installed; and (iv) internally use and reproduce the Redistributable Components in accordance with the terms of the Redistributable Components product-specific terms and conditions.
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