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FIXED / SOLVED: VMware vSphere 6 Essentials not work for a vCSA license?

Hello,

Recently setup a vCSA to manage a single ESXi host. Both are running v6.5.

When vCSA setup, configured it was of course running on the Eval License. That has expired now.

Question:

-- is the VMware vSphere 6 Essentials license presiding on the host NOT sufficient to allow for a vCenter Server running on the vCSA? If so what does this license need to be upgraded to?

-- or is the license OK but simply needs to be 'moved' to the vCSA itself?

 

Anyways, some clarification on this matter would be appreciated. Pic attached.

 

 

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VMWare called me back and sorted it out.

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Hello.
If you have a VMware vSphere Essentials Kit, you must have registered two licenses which are:
1 vcenter server Essentials license
1 vshpere Essentials license for 6 CPUs

These 2 licenses must be entered and assigned in the VCSA or vcenter Server.

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If you have a VCSA inside one of the ESXi host, you must also enter and assign the license vshpere Essentials for 6 CPUs license on that ESXI host, so that you can boot and load the VCSA.

 

Enrique Espinel
Senior Technical Support on IBM, Lenovo, Veeam Backup and VMware vSphere.
VSP-SV, VTSP-SV, VTSP-HCI, VTSP
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