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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

52 VMware, Inc.

To configure local license server licensing for the VirtualCenter Server

1FromtheVI Client,chooseAdministration>VirtualCenterManagementServer

Configuration.

2ClickLicenseServerinthelistontheleft.

3ClicktheUselicenseservicesonthisVirtualCenter Serverbutton.

4 (Optional)IfyoudonotwantVirtualCentertooverridethehost’scurrentlicense

setting,deselectthecheckboxforChangehostlicenseserver

settingstomatch

VirtualCenter’ssettingwhentheyareaddedtoinventory.

SelectingthischeckboxcausestheVirtualCenter Servertooverridethehost’s

currentlicensesettingandinsteadusethelicenseserverusedbyVirtualCenter.

MakesurethatyouuseanIPaddressthatisaccessiblefromtheESX Serverhost.

Ifyou

configureVirtualCentertousealocallicenseserverandthehostnameofthe

locallicenseserver(VirtualCenter’shost)isnotresolvablefromtheESX Server

host,theES X Serverhostisnotableto acquirelicensesfromthelocallicenseserver.

5ClickOKtosaveyourchanges.

Youdonothaveto

changeanyothersettingstoenablelocallicenseserver

licensing.

Thetotalnumberoflicensesconsumedandavailableonthelicenseserverare

summarizedontheLicensestabintheAdminviewoftheVI Clientconnectedtothe

VirtualCenter Server.(Thistabwaslabeled“LicenseViewer”inearlierversionsof

VirtualCenter.)

Changing the Default License Server Ports

Bydefault,VirtualCenterandESX ServersoftwareisconfiguredtouseTCP/IPports

27000and27010tocommunicatewiththelicenseserver.Ifyoudidnotusethedefault

portsduringlicenseserverinstallation,youmustupdatetheconfigurationoneach

ESX Serverhost.

Ifyouchangethedefaultportsforthelicense

server,logintotheESX Serverhost

serviceconsoleandopentheportsyouwant.

NOTEIfyoudidnotselectthecheckboxfortheoptionalsetting,followtheprocedure

in“ToconfigurecentralizedlicensingforanESX Serverhost”onpage 51tomanually

configureESX Serverhoststouselicenseserverlicensing.