Applying temp eval license

[PCHETTRI]

Hi,

I used enterprise essentials plus for three ESX server. I have NetApp SAN which I need to upgrade. It has been stable for more than three years. Now I am planning to upgrade NetApp and during the upgrade I need to move all my VM to local storage.

On recent test I found that live migration between storage is not supported with Essentials plus. Offline migration of few machine took almost 3 hours and I can't afford to bring SQL VM down for 6 hrs. Would it be possible to apply temp eval license of standard to complete live storage migration until I complete NetApp upgrade and switch the ESX and vcenter license back to essentials plus. I do not any return on investment to upgrade the feature I won't  need for three to four or perhaps none in future.

[scott28tt]

Whether it's possible or not, it would be against the conditions of the EULA.

[a_p_]

On recent test I found that live migration between storage is not supported with Essentials plus.

Essentials Plus has the features you need. It supports cross-host vMotion ("Change both host and datastore") since version 5.1. This allows you to migrate the VM online to another host, and datastore, and works even without shared storage.

André

[a_p_]

@prasantF​

Why did you ask the same question again in another thread Temp license switch​?

Doesn't the answer to this thread help?

André