Does 5.1 have new license keys??

[tlyczko]

Or do we use our 5.0 license keys??

Thank you, Tom

5.0 not 6.0

[aravinds3107]

Please clarify your question.

For vShere 5.1 yes there will be license keys.. Which 6.0 Keys are you referring to..

[tlyczko]

5.0 not 6.0

[Lionking62]

The question is if we can use our 5.0 licenses in 5.1

[Nikhil_Patwa]

Hi,

Version 5.1 will have it's own keys and you cannot use version 5.0 keys. You will be required to upgrade your version 5.0 keys to generate keys for version 5.1

check out this link http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/upgrade-center/licensing.html#How2Get-Lic

Hope this information is useful

Nikhil

[firestartah]

5.1 will have their own keys but you can upgrade your licencing for free if you have vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus

[schepp]

Gregg wrote:

5.1 will have their own keys but you can upgrade your licencing for free if you have vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus

Hey Gregg, where did you read that? My understanding is that the 5.x keys will work for 5.1. That's how it was with 4.x keys as well.

I can't find any mentioning in the documentation. So 5.0 keys should work for 5.1.

Tim

[firestartah]

How to Get Your vSphere 5.1 Licenses

To upgrade a product to the new version:

1. Log into      My VMware using your VMware.com account credentials
2. Go to      Accounts > License Keys. - Alternatively, when you receive an alert for subscription upgrade, click      Upgrade Licenses in the alert. This takes you to the License Keys page. If the alert is not appearing in the Alerts Overview, click      View all Alerts to see the complete list of alerts.
3. Select      Upgrade License Keys from the      I want to dropdown. -      Note: If no folders or products appear, you may not  have permissions to upgrade license keys on any of the folders or there  may not be any license keys available for upgrade.
4. Select the folders you have access to from the folder list. All  products that you are entitled to upgrade display. When you select the  product you want to upgrade, you see all of the licenses for that  particular product.
5. To filter the data, expand the filter and input the order  number, contract number, license key, or other search criteria, and  click Apply Filter. The related product that is eligible for upgrade  displays in the results.
6. You are prompted to enter the quantity of licenses you want to  upgrade. You can select all or a few licenses. This number should be 1  or more and up to the total number of upgradeable license keys.

The system deactivates your current license for you. The new  licenses are delivered in the same folder as the original license key.  If any quantities of the current key remain un-upgraded, new licenses  keys are generated for the remaining portion of the current product and  be displayed in the confirmation process.

The ability to upgrade a license key depends on:

• The permissions associated with the folder where the license key sits
• Eligibility of license entitlement for subscription upgrade (associated to the license key)
• The date the new product version becomes available

If you cannot upgrade, contact the Super User associated with that particular account or    VMware Support.

Expected Timeframe to Receive Your vSphere License Keys

Upgrades will be available on the portal shortly after VMware  vSphere 5.1 becomes generally available. All license keys with active  support and subscription contracts with an end date on or after General  Availability are eligible for an upgrade.

[Nikhil_Patwa]

Hi,

In my previous post I provided the link for Licensing 5.1, find the link again - http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/upgrade-center/licensing.html#How2Get-Lic

Below is part of the document that explain how to get vSphere 5.1 licenses

How to Get Your vSphere 5.1 Licenses

To upgrade a product to the new version:

1. Log into My VMware using your VMware.com account credentials
2. Go to Accounts > License Keys. - Alternatively, when you receive an alert for subscription upgrade, click Upgrade Licenses in the alert. This takes you to the License Keys page. If the alert is not appearing in the Alerts Overview, click View all Alerts to see the complete list of alerts.
3. Select Upgrade License Keys from the I want to dropdown. - Note: If no folders or products appear, you may not have permissions to upgrade license keys on any of the folders or there may not be any license keys available for upgrade.
4. Select the folders you have access to from the folder list. All products that you are entitled to upgrade display. When you select the product you want to upgrade, you see all of the licenses for that particular product.
5. To filter the data, expand the filter and input the order number, contract number, license key, or other search criteria, and click Apply Filter. The related product that is eligible for upgrade displays in the results.
6. You are prompted to enter the quantity of licenses you want to upgrade. You can select all or a few licenses. This number should be 1 or more and up to the total number of upgradeable license keys.

The system deactivates your current license for you. The new licenses are delivered in the same folder as the original license key. If any quantities of the current key remain un-upgraded, new licenses keys are generated for the remaining portion of the current product and be displayed in the confirmation process.

The ability to upgrade a license key depends on:

• The permissions associated with the folder where the license key sits
• Eligibility of license entitlement for subscription upgrade (associated to the license key)
• The date the new product version becomes available

If you cannot upgrade, contact the Super User associated with that particular account or VMware Support.

Hope this clarifies every doubts about vSphere 5.1 licensing

Nikhil

[seetee]

Probably worthwhile making a distinction between ESXi 5.1 and vSphere 5.1

I've just upgraded a Server which was running ESXi 5.0 U1 on a USB stick with a RAID1 SATA Datastore, to ESXi 5.1 by running the ESXi 5.1 installable CD and upgrading ESXi 5.0 U1 on the USB stick.  Somewhere along the upgrade it mentioned that i had 60 days to get a new license, but when I ran the vSphere Client (5.1.0 Build 786111) and connect to the ESXi 5.1.0 (Build 799733) and check Licensed Features, the License Key shows as never expiring and it is the license key i used when i did a new install using the ESXi 5.0 U1 installable.

So, for this scenario, it looks as though you don't need a new license key.

[firestartah]

Yep very true

You can have ESXi 5.1 hosts in a vSphere 5.0 environment but if you want to use the new vSphere 5.1 vCenter and additional features that are part of the vCloud 5.1 Suite then you will need new licencing

Gregg

[rlund]

I verified , no new keys are needed, it uses 5 keys, with customer support.

Roger Lund

[tman24]

I've just done the vCenter 5.1 upgrade (from 5.0), and it seems to be quite happy using our previous key. I'm going to do the vSphere 5.1 host upgrades next, and am not expecting any difference. If I look in My Vmware keys, and select 'upgrade', there are no valid keys listed for the 'upgrade' to 5.1, so yes, I'm also assuming that all 5.0 keys work in 5.1.

The only possible issue is that there is currently no Essentials Plus in 5.1, just Standard, so I've got to upgrade a host to see what this now displays as in vCenter.

[schepp]

There's an info field in the myvmware licensing portal today, stating:

All vSphere 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0 keys work with vSphere 5.1 and vCenter Server 5.1.

Guess it should be clear now

Regards

[firestartah]

looks like it

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=201429...

[MrJohnson]

Hello,

I currently doing the upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 and I'm getting a message saying the keys for previous version of vCenter Server are no longer valid, so the product nay not work after installation.  Did you get this as well?

[manishd]

No, you can use the same license key of 5.0 if you want to upgrade to 5.1.

I have confirmed with VMware support