The system deactivates your current license for you. Enter the quantity of licenses to upgrade.Click Assign license to save your changes. Click Assign license, enter a license key in the form XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX, and click Check license.
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When you select a product, all of the licenses for that product will appear. Now you can open a new vSphere Client window and see if the license warning windows appears again. All products that you are entitled to upgrade will be displayed. Note You can convert the VMware vSphere Hypervisor Host license to a VMware vSphere Hypervisor Host with VMware vCenter. Upgrade your server with the latest version of VMware software. Note: If no folders or products appear, you may not have permissions to upgrade license keys on any of the folders. Valid for any 7.x version of ESXi vSphere vCenter vSAN vRealize. Select “Upgrade License Keys” from the “I Want To” dropdown.This will take you to the License Keys page. Or, when you receive an alert for a subscription upgrade, click “Upgrade Licenses” in the alert. Log into My VMware using your account credentials.Click on Firts Icon -> to Assign License.Do the same for ESXi Host in Hosts Tab if you want to assign License to ESXi Host. Under Assets Tab > Go to vCenter Server Systems (To Assign License to Virtual Center).Go to Licenses Option and and Click on Manage Your Assets under Getting Started tab.Step#2 - Assign License to Virtual Center Now let's move to Step#2 to Assign Licenses. Label the license keys as per your convinient.
Enter the vSphere 6.x Standard license key(For ESXi), and click Next.Enter the vCenter Server 6.x Standard license key and press Enter to add a new line.Click on + icon to Create New Licenses.Click on Manage your Licenses in Getting Started Tab or Go to Licenses Tab.Go to Home > Click on Licenses under Administration Tab.On top of console, you can see the note saying that licenses in our inventory either expired or not available.Here we have logged in thrugh Web Client. Login to Virtual Center using Web or vSphere Client.Manage License Key for Virtual Center Server:- Step#1 - Add License Key to Virtual Center Step#2 Assign License to Virtual Center.Step#1 Add License Key to Virtual Center.
Please note the same we can do for ESXi Hosts. Two Steps to Manage this Licensing for vCenter.