Can't put ESX 3.5 and ESXi 4 in vCenter 4

[cyrus_ho]

My ESX details:

VM Cluster

-esx1 (ESX 3.5)

-esx2 (ESX 3.5)

-vCenter 2.5

I had upgraded vCenter 2.5 to vCenter 4 recently, during the upgrade I didn't enter the license key.

After upgrade successfully, I also added my free downloaded ESXi into vCenter

VM Cluster

-esx1 (ESX 3.5)

-esx2 (ESX 3.5)

-esxi1 (ESXi 4.0)

-vCenter 4

Afterwards, when I tired to enter the vCenter license key into vCenter, it showed the message (Please refer attachment ) which disallow me to continue.

I was wondering do I need to get more license for ESXi or I need to upgrade the others ESX server to version 4??

Many Thanks

[AndreTheGiant]

Free version of ESXi 4.0 require a licensed feature to be joined to a vCenter Server.

See also:

Andre

[cyrus_ho]

I see.

As mentioned:

ESXi 4.0 free can not be connected to a vCenter Center (it required a VC agent license)

Which license should I need to get? Can I just purchase a VC agent license? or need to but a bundle suite like "essential"? ()

Or "Standard" license? (Because I am using vCenter Server Standard)

Thanks

[AndreTheGiant]

Can I just purchase a VC agent license?

Yes, but I don not the right SKU.

Ask to your reseller.

Also OEM vendor's licensed ESXi could work fine (and the price is very low in those cases).

PS: remember that you need that vCenter can manage more hosts... if you have vCenter Server Foundation you can manage max 3 nodes!

Andre

[krowczynski]

It depends on what functions you want functions you want to use.

Look here:

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html

MCP, VCP

[cyrus_ho]

Yup.

I am using vCenter Server Standard Edition, so, so I need purchase a VMware vSphere Standard Edition in order to be managed by vCenter?

Thanks