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VirtualCenter2.5 Licenses utilization

Dear Experts and Professionals,

Our company has VirtualCenter2.5 Enterprise License which comes with two instances I beleive, however I have checked the licensing utlization from the VC console and found that one instance is used and remaining is one my question is : what that mean by instance ? and how could we utilize the remaining instance for another VirtualCenter in remote site? or is it possible to use the same license for two Virtual Center as I understand two instances mean that we can run two Virtual center running at the same time.

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Dave_Mishchenko
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Yes, when the vCenter server connects to the licensing server it takes 1 vCenter license.




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New book in town - vSphere Quick Start Guide -http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/08/12/new-book-in-town-vsphere-quick-start-guide/.

Do you have a system or PCI card working with VMDirectPath? Submit your specs to the Unofficial VMDirectPath HCL - http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21.

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amamak
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Any one has an Idea? Smiley Happy

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amamak
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No Experts comments Smiley Happy

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Dave_Mishchenko
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If you have two VirtualCenter licenses on one license server, then you would point both vCenter servers at that license server and each would take a license. Is there a specific need for you to run two vcenter servers?




Dave

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New book in town - vSphere Quick Start Guide -http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/08/12/new-book-in-town-vsphere-quick-start-guide/.

Do you have a system or PCI card working with VMDirectPath? Submit your specs to the Unofficial VMDirectPath HCL - http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21.

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Thanks lot Mr. Dave for your answer actually I have remote sites which is currently implemented with three ESX servers running Enterprise license without VC as Installed the VC in evaluation mode and is about to expire I thought we could utilize the remaining instance of the existing VC running in the headoffice for the remote site instead of buying new license.

Please correct me if I am not worng two instances of Virtual center license mean two servers running at the same time.

Thanks again

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Dave_Mishchenko
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Yes, when the vCenter server connects to the licensing server it takes 1 vCenter license.




Dave

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New book in town - vSphere Quick Start Guide -http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/08/12/new-book-in-town-vsphere-quick-start-guide/.

Do you have a system or PCI card working with VMDirectPath? Submit your specs to the Unofficial VMDirectPath HCL - http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21.

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