Licence Question for ESXi host in VC

[grealish]

Hi, I have 3 ESXi 3.5 hosts that i just added to VC, however one of them has 2x Quad core CPU's as in 8 logical processors, in the screenshot attached does my ESX host have sufficent licencing to make use of all it's hardware,

Also I registered to evalute the Vm Infra with VC for 60days, and added that Licence # to it

[TomHowarth]

it is socket count not core count so you quad core CPU is counted a single socket therefore needs 2 CPU licenses. you need a ESX icense for each 2 CPU

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[tlindi]

You do know that ESXi hosts need vCenter license?

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How do I use VMware vCenter Server to manage my VMware ESXi hosts?

VMware vCenter Server provides centralized management for ESXi hosts and their virtual machines. To manage an ESXi host with vCenter Server, you must have a vCenter Server Agent license, which is included in all editions of VMware vSphere.

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