Licensing Esx/Vsphere Server Machines As Virtual Machine (Vm) Hosts - VMware VCENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3 Getting Started Manual

In VCM:
1. Click Administration | Machines Manager | Available Machines | Available UNIX Machines.
2. Select your ESX/vSphere Server in the data grid, and then click License.
3. Confirm that your machine appears in the Selected list, and then click Next.
4. A list of your total and available licenses appears. Confirm that a UNIX Linux/Mac Server license is
consumed, and then click Next.
5. Confirm your action, and then click Finish.

Licensing ESX/vSphere Server Machines as Virtual Machine (VM) Hosts

Licensing a VM Host uses a Virtualization license.
In VCM:
1. Click Administration | Machines Manager | Additional Components | VCM for Virtualization |
Licensed VM Hosts.
2. Click License. The Virtualization Host page of the License VM Host wizard appears.
3. The upper pane displays the available machines. The lower pane displays the machines to be licensed.
Double-click the machines in the upper pane to add it to the list in the lower pane. Click Next. The
licensing details page appears.
N If no machines are listed in this data grid to be licensed, return to
OTE
Server to verify that you have licensed your ESX machines with UNIX/Linux licenses.
4. Review the licenses. Each ESX/vSphere Server consumes one UNIX/Linux server license and one
Virtualization license; however, you are charged only one license fee for each ESX/vSphere Server, and
both licenses are included. Click Next. The Agent Proxy and Communication Setting page appears.
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