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4ClickOKtosaveyourchanges.
5 RemoveandAddanyaffectedESX Servermachineintheinventory.
Nowitissafetoreconfiguresingle‐hostlicensingonanychangedESX Server
machines.
Configuring Licensing for a Mixed ESX Server 2.x and
ESX Server 3.x Environment
YoucanusetheVirtualCenter Server2.xtomanageamixedenvironmentofboth
ESX Server 2.xandESX Server 3.xhosts.Youreceivelicenseactivationcodeswith
purchasesofVMwareInfrastructure 3StandardeditionandVMwareInfrastructure 3
EnterpriseeditionthatcanberedeemedforbothESX Server 2.xserialnumbersandfor
VMwareInfrastructure 3licensefiles.
To configure licensing for the ESX Server 2.x hosts in the mixed environment
1Leave
thelicensingonexistingESX Server 2.xhostsusingserialnumbers
unchanged.
2FornewESX Server 2.xinstallations,redeemyourlicenseactivationcode(s)onthe
licenseactivationportalforESX Server 2.xserialnumbers.
Providetheseserialnumbersatthetimeofinstallationorconfiguration.
3 Redeemyourlicenseactivationcode(s)togenerateacentralizedlicensefile
containing
licensesforVirtualCenter Server,VirtualCenterManagementAgents,
VMotion,andESX Server 3.x.
YourgeneratedlicensefilecanincludeESX Server 3.xlicensesforthe
ESX Server 2.xhostsforwhichyouobtainedESX Server 2.xserialnumbersin
Step 2.Thisletsyoudistributelicensestothesehostsiftheyarelaterupgradedto
ESX Server 3.x.
4InstallandconfiguretheVirtualCenter Server
2.xtousethecentralizedlicensefile
yougenerated.
See Chapter 6,“InstallingVMwareInfrastructureManagement,”onpage 65.
