Upgrade esxi 7.03 to vSphere 7 essentials

[Nodemansland]

Apologies if this has been asked before, I did search but did not find a topic close to my version. I have installed the free version of ESXI 7.03 and am currently running several VMs. I would like to upgrade to enable a 12vCPU. Does the upgrade require a restart? Or is this a simple license key update? Thank you~

[a_p_]

No, the binaries are the same for all editions. All that needs to be done is to replace the license key, which can be done while the VMs are running.

André

[stadi13]

Hi @Nodemansland 

@a_p_provided the correct answer. You need to install your license key and you are ready to go without host reboot. Can you please update your question and mark as solved?

Regards Daniel