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dipe
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VC license within the same organization?

We got some info that Virtual Center Licenses need to be purchased only once per organization even if they are installed on different servers? I read the licensing white papers and faq but could not find anything

Our case: We purchased VI3 but not VC2 yet. Another IT group within the same company already has a VC2 installation.

\* Can we use their license for our separate VC2 install or do we need to purchase our own?

\* Do need to get our own license file or can we use theirs ?

Could someone from VMware answer this?

Thanks much

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hicksj
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From http://www.vmware.com/download/eula/virtualcenter.html

VMware grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable license, without rights to sublicense, to :smileyinfo: use the Software License Keys to activate Servers for management by the VirtualCenter Management Server Software and/or management by the Additional Module; (ii) install or have installed a single instance of the VirtualCenter Management Server Software on a single Server, unless permitted to have multiple instances on a single Server or to have multiple instances on multiple Servers by the payment of applicable license fees[/b] (whether such fees are based on a per Processor, a per Virtual Machine, a per user or any other VMware approved licensing model);...[/i]

You need to license each VC instance.[/b]

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.