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License not available to perform this operation

I am trying to add a newly-licensed 5.1 ESXi host to vSphere vCenter but get the following error:

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Can someone please help?

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TheAbstract
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Can you make sure the date\time is set correctly in the bios? If you add a host with the wrong time to a vCenter server the license is dropped down to an expired evaluation license.

I got 99 problems and a vSwitch ain't one.
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aravinds3107
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Welcome to the Communities..

Make sure the data and time of Host and vcenter are same before adding to the vcenter

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