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Example 5‐2showsatypicalcentralizedlicensekey.

License File Locations

AlicensefileresidesoneveryESX Servermachineoreverylicenseserver,depending

onwhetheryouusecentralizedorsingle‐hostlicensing:

 Centralizedlicensefilesareplacedatthefollowingdefaultlocationonthe

machinerunningtheVMwarelicenseserver:

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware License Server\Licenses

Youcanaddnewlicensefilestothelicensedirectory.See “A ddingNewLicense

FilestoLicenseServers”onpage 59.

 Single‐hostlicensefilesareplacedatthefollowingdefaultlocationonthe

machinerunningESX Server.

/etc/vmware/vmware.lic

Youcanaddnewlicensestothesingle‐hostbyusingthelicenseactivationportal.

See “A ddingNewLicenseFilestoSingleHosts”onpage 60.

Example 5-2. Centralized License Key

INCREMENT PROD_ESX_FULL VMWARELM 2005.05 31-dec-2008 8 \

VENDOR_STRING="licenseType=Server;vmodl=esxFull;desc=ESX Server \

Enterprise;capacityType=cpuPackage;gp=14;exclude=BACKUP" \

ISSUED=06-AUG-2007 NOTICE="FulfillmentId=1201;Name=VMware \

Internal" TS_OK SIGN="1F7F 98D5 ..."

NOTEInVirtualCenter 2.0,thedefaultlocationofthelicensefilewas

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\

VMware License Server\vmware.lic.Thislocationnolongerexists.

N

OTEIncentralizedmode,thisfileexistsontheESX Servermachinebutcontains

nolicensekeys.