60 days evaluation and vSphere cluster

[marius1]

I need to add 2 ESXi 5.5U2 hosts to an existing vSphere5.5 cluster.

The required licenses were ordered but I am not sure I will get them at the moment I will add the new ESXi hosts to the cluster.

Given that the new ESXi hosts are still in the 60 days evaluation period, can I add them to the cluster and get full funcionality while waiting for the licenses to arrive (in the 60 days timeframe)?

Is there any issue to consider?

Regards

marius

[vThinkBeyondVM]

In the 60 day trial periode you will have full access to all features of the paid Enterprise Plus license. After that 60 days you won't be able to power on the VMs, until you add a valid license key.

Plz read this post as well:http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/06/dreaded-faultrestrictedversionsummary.html

[marius1]

Thank you for the quick answer.

Do you mean I can add the new nodes to the existing vSphere infrastructure and use vMotion to move existing VMs to them, power the VMs on and use them on without limitations while waiting for the licenses to be available?

Regards

marius

[vThinkBeyondVM · Accepted solution]

Yes correct. You can use all these features during evaluation. Please do read blog post I specified in my first response.