Assign A License Key To Multiple Assets - VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual

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5 Click Add License Keys.
If any of the keys are invalid, an error message lists the invalid keys. You can correct the invalid keys and
try adding them again, or delete them.
6 If you are not ready to assign license keys to assets, click Next through the remaining wizard screens and
click Finish to save your changes.

Assign a License Key to Multiple Assets

You can assign licenses to single or multiple assets, individually or in batches.
Though licensing is applicable to solutions as well as ESX/ESXi hosts and vCenter Server, solutions licensing
management is too variable and, therefore, specific to each solution to be discussed in general terms. For
information about licensing a specific solution, see the documentation for that solution.
N After you assign a license to a host, the software might update the license report before the license
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assignment operation is complete. If the host becomes disconnected immediately after you assign the license,
the license report might not accurately reflect the host license state. The report might show the host as licensed,
even though the license assignment operation is not yet complete. When the host is reconnected to a
vCenter Server system, the license assignment operation continues, and the host becomes licensed as shown
in the report.
Procedure
1 From a vSphere Client session that is connected to a vCenter Server system, select Home > Licensing.
2 Click Manage vSphere Licenses.
3 Click Next to go to the Assign Licenses page.
4 Click the ESX, vCenter Server , or Solutions tab to display the available assets.
5 Click Show Unlicensed assets, Show licensed assets, or Show all.
6 In the Asset window, select one or more assets to license.
To select multiple assets, use Ctrl-click or Shift-click.
7 In the Product window, select an appropriate license key and click Next.
The capacity of the license key must be greater than or equal to the sum of the asset CPUs.
8 If you are not ready to remove any license keys, click Next to skip the Remove License Keys page and click
Finish to save your changes.
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