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.
Thanks for your support
Yes, when the vCenter server connects to the licensing server it takes 1 vCenter license.
Dave
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Any one has an Idea?
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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
VMware Communities User Moderator
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.
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
Yes, when the vCenter server connects to the licensing server it takes 1 vCenter license.
Dave
VMware Communities User Moderator
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.