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Upgrade 5 esxi free to 6 essential

Good morning,

I have one server with over 2 CPU with vmware esx free, I bought the license vmware 6 essential.

I went into the console to update the license visualize the warning attached that worries me.

What does it mean?

It did not activate features in version 6 but everything works properly?

Thanks in advance aid

angel

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brunofernandez1

hi Angel

With the free esxi version you can only use up to 32gb of memory.

with your new license this limit is removed. but esxi thinks this is a feature that was removed^^

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datadotcom
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So I proceed safely? Smiley Happy

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brunofernandez1

yes buddy Smiley Happy

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datadotcom
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I do not understand I get this error. What's not compatible?

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brunofernandez1

do you have allready updated the esxi host to 6?

you can not install an esxi 6.x license in a esxi 5.x host...

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cykVM
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I think you are trying to enter the version 6 essentials key on a version 5.x host. That won't work. You have to either downgrade the key in myVMWARE on the webpage or upgrade the host to version 6 first.

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datadotcom
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Thx for help,

No I have not updated the esxi! i think is not necessary. How do I go to upgrade?

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cykVM
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Run a upgrade installation booting from a ESXi 6 installation CD (probably you should use a OEM customized version of your server vendor).

The version 6 license key does definitely not work with a version 5 host. Your screenshots above clearly show a version 5 host.

Upgrading (or downgrading) the license does not mean you are switching the host to that version, this needs to be installed first.

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brunofernandez1

yes it is necesarry!

the easiest way with the vCenter is to use the Update Manager....

you can read the different methodes here:

VMware KB: Methods for upgrading to ESXi 5.5

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datadotcom
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Thank you, you told me that possibly not to upgrade, you can ask the downgrade of the license for not having to update the esx5. Right?

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brunofernandez1

yes you can downgrade the license on your vmware portal....

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