licence file standard or enterprise

[fabricesforzani]

Hello

I download a licence file for lab server. It's supose to be a enterprise licence but :

When i configure my esx through vc, all is ok but is Esx server Edition I see : Standard edition

Maybe it's normal not shure

Also how can I see in the following licence file that it's a enterprise licence file

file :

1. This file contains license keys for VMware Infrastructure 3 products. Please refer to the

1. following documentation for instructions on how to install & configure these licenses in

1. your products:

#

1. Licensing Quickstart Guide:

1. http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_license_redemption.pdf

#

1. Licensing Chapter of the Installation & Upgrade Guide:

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1. http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_installation_guide.pdf

#

1. The following content represents a License Server Based file. You can use a License

1. Server Based file to centrally manage all of your licenses and to dynamically

1. allocated/re-allocate licenses within your environment. Multiple License Server Based

1. files can be appended together, but please note that License Server Based files and

1. Host Based files should not be combined into the same file.

#

1. The following content represents a License Server Based file header. It contains

1. configuration information used to establish communication to a license server. If

1. multiple license server based files have been combined into a single file, this header

1. only needs to appear once at the top of the file.

#

1. SERVER this_host ANY 27000

1. VENDOR VMWARELM port=27010

1. USE_SERVER

#

1. End of License Server Based file header.

#

1. Feature Legend for License Server Based Files

#

1. Each license server based feature key will contain the ‘licenseType=Serverâ€^TM key-value

1. pair in the VENDOR_STRING. All VMware Infrastructure 3 features are available in a

1. license server based file format.

#

1. VMware ESX Server Starter = PROD_ESX_STARTER

#

1. VMware ESX Server Standard & Virtual SMP = PROD_ESX_FULL

#

1. VMware Consolidated Backup = ESX_FULL_BACKUP

1. VirtualCenter Management Server = PROD_VC

1. VirtualCenter Management Agent for ESX Server = VC_ESXHOST

1. VMware VMotion = VC_VMOTION

1. VMware HA = VC_DAS

1. VMware DRS = VC_DRS

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Message was edited by: Texiwill: Removed License file contents from Post....

[Troy_Clavell]

you're good. The ESX Standard License you see if the ability to add your server into vCenter. The add on's is what makes it Enterprise. You have vMotion and once you configure for HA and DRS those options will become licensed as well.

[fabricesforzani]

Yes thanks so much

But in the file itself how can I see if it's a standard or enterprise

[Troy_Clavell]

In your license file, you will see

VMware HA =

VMware DRS =

VMware VMotion =

[Jasemccarty]

Please be sure not to post your license content online, as anyone browsing the forum would be able to use the license you paid good money for.

Thanks Texiwill!

Jase McCarty

http://www.jasemccarty.com

Co-Author of VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center

(ISBN:1420070274) from Auerbach

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[sony1001]

I am having the VMwaresoftware.lic file with me. how do we find out is that SMP enabled license or uniprocessor license?