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BSiegfried
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Licensing 2 sites with the same keys?

If I have two sites with 4 hosts at each site...all with the same specs, can I use the same licenses key if I wanted to create two different 6.7 vCenter environments?

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IRIX201110141
Champion
Champion

Short answer: No.

Long answer: No.

Regards,
Joerg

BSiegfried
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Enthusiast

This is all with the same company. So I can't set up a Prod vCenter and also a Dev vCenter environment with the same keys? I was told I could but I wanted to verify.

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daphnissov
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Answer is still no, doesn't matter how you use or enable those environments. They must all be licensed separately from both a vCenter and host perspective.

scott28tt
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VMware Employee

Against the conditions of the EULA, therefore illegal.


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PLUMkgm
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If your environment has enough licenses(hosts, cpu), you can separate license on my vmware without fee.

if you have not, you must buy the license.

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blazilla
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Unfortunately this does not apply to the vCenter license. Each vCenter instance has to be covered with its own license.

Best regards Patrick https://www.vcloudnine.de