ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide
48 VMware, Inc.
AfteryoupurchaseVMwareInfrastructuresoftware,dothefollowingtoobtainanduse
yourlicenses:
1Decidewhichlicensingmodeltouse.
VMwareInfrastructure3usesFLEXnetlicensing,whichoffersachoiceoflicense
types:centralized,single‐host,ormixed.See “Single‐HostandCentralizedLicense
Types”onpage 30.
2Registeryourpurchase.
Whether
youpurchasedVMwareInfrastructure 3fromanauthorizedVMware
resellerordirectlyfromVMware,registeryourpurchasetoyourVMwarestore
account.See “ObtainingLicenseFiles”onpage 48.
3 Obtainlicensefiles.
Afteryouregisteryourpurchase,usetheWeb‐basedlicenseactivationportalto
generateanddownloadlicensefilesappropriatetothelicensing
modelyouchose
inStep 1.See “ObtainingLicenseFiles”onpage 48.
4InstallVirtualCenterandESX Server.
5ConfigureyourlicensingaccordingtothelicensetypeyouchoseinStep 1:
Toconfigurecentralizedlicensing,see “SettingUpCentralizedLicensing”on
page 49.
Toconfiguresingle‐hostlicensing,see “SettingUpSingle‐HostLicensing”on
page 53.
Toconfigureamixedlicenseenvironment,see “Single‐HostandCentralized
LicensingintheSameEnvironment”onpage 54.
Obtaining License Files
Theprocessofobtaininglicensefilesvariesdependingonhowyoumadeyour
purchaseofVMwareInfrastructure 3.Thefirststepinobtaininglicensefilesistoobtain
oneormorelicenseactivationcodes,whichyoureceiveinoneofthreeways:
IfyoupurchasedVMwareInfrastructure3fromanauthorizedVMwarereseller,
suchasDell,Hewlett‐Packard,orIBM,youreceiveanemailmessagecontaining
instructionsonhowtoredeemandactivateyourlicenses.Enterthepartner
activationcodeintothepartneractivationportaltoregisteryourpurchase.
ForothernewpurchasesofVMwareInfrastructure 3,youreceiveanemail
containingalicenseactivationcode.
