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Aneesh801
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The Evaluation Mode license assigned to Host has expired. Recommend updating the license.

Hi All,

I have installed HP Customized ESXi 5.1 in one of HP servers. When logging into the host using vSphere client it is showing 60 days evaluation period. But when i am trying to add the server to the vCenter it is throwing the error "The Evaluation Mode license assigned to Host  has expired. Recommend updating the license."

I have downloaded the ESXi from the link pasted below.

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=HP-ESXI-5.1.0-GA-10SEP2012&productId=285#prod...

Please help. Smiley Sad

Regards,

Aneesh

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a_p_
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Can you confirm the date and time is correct (and was correct during installation) on both, the host as well as in vCenter Server?

André

Aneesh801
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Hi Andre,

The date and time are correct on both host and vCenter. While adding the host to the vCenter it is showing the expiry date as 3/3/2013.

But at the end it is getting failed. Smiley Sad

Regards,

Aneesh

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Aneesh801
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Hi Andre,

Thanks for your help.

The issue got fixed. The date & time in the host BIOS was outdated. Corrected this and rebooted the server and that fixed the issue.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=201165...

Smiley Happy

Regards,

Aneesh

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a_p_
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Great to hear it works now and thanks for the feedback.


André

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