ESXi 3.5 and VC 2.5

[Raiman83]

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to add ESXi to VCenter ? We had evaluation version of VC and one ESX and two free ESXi. Now we bought licenses for two servers. Now we have two ESX servers connected to VC and I can't add any more ESXi. Is it possible ? Or I have to buy new licenses ?

Thank You

[schepp]

You need to buy VC agent licenses to add more Servers to VC.

[Raiman83]

But why ?

I have only 2 hosts connected to VC. In fundation VC I can add 3

[anujmodi1]

Free ESXi can't be managed by VC untill you will pay for services. You have take one more license for that esxi server.

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[weinstein5]

If you have foundation and still have the available agent license available you should be able to add your ESXi server to your environment but you will need to have it point to the license server on your VC server - also remember that the vc agent icenses are per CPU - with foundation you have 6 cpu licenses - so if the two servers your are currently managing have a total of 6 physical CPUs you will not be able to the ESXi server -

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[doepain]

We are operating 5 ESXi 3.5 servers 2 onsie, and 3 off site (10 procs). My hope is to be able to install one VC server in one of our sites, and be able to manage the ESXi servers in both of our sites. Can this be done?

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