I'm considering purchasing vCenter Standard. I have 4 hosts now and will have 6-7 before long, and centralized management would help a lot. The hosts are ESXi 5.5 Essentials, and my understanding is I'd need to upgrade Essentials to Standard. What is the process here? Is it simply a matter of installing the vSphere Standard license on the hosts? Or do I need to install a new software package?
No need to reinstall. Simply replace the license keys for vCenter Server and the hosts.
André
No need to reinstall. Simply replace the license keys for vCenter Server and the hosts.
André
Ahh, thank you Andre, and thank you VMware. Finally, something easy.
So can I safely assume that the process of upgrading to vCenter Standard from the 3-host version that comes with Essentials is also just a matter of installing a new license key?
Yes, simply assign the new license keys for vCenter Server and the hosts. No need to change anything else , except you want to use any of the additional feature that come with the standard edition.
André