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Activating Lab Manager Licenses

Symptoms

Can't connect ESX server to Lab Manager Server

Purpose

This article provides you with the steps to create a Lab Manager license file.

Resolution

You need to activate Lab Manager licenses in a Host-based or Single-host license file and you must ensure that you activate both Lab Manager Server and Lab Manager Agent licenses in the same license file.

To activate a Lab Manager license:

Navigate to www.vmware.com .
Click the Account link and choose Manage Product Licenses.
Select the Manage VMware Product Licenses option.
Log in to your VMware account.
Click New.
Choose to create a Single-host license file and click Next.
Activate one VMware Lab Manager license and the required amount of Lab Manager Agent licenses.

Note: Agent licenses help connect ESX hosts to the Lab Manager Server. One agent license supports 2 physical CPUs on the ESX hosts.
Click Next.
Enter a comment to differentiate this license file from the others that may exist in your account.
Click Finish. When complete, download the license file or email it to your email address.

For information on licensing Lab Manager 3.0, see Licensing Lab Manager 3.0 (1010191).

Additional Information

If your problem still persists, see Cannot connect ESX host to Lab Manager server (1005860).

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