I recently went through this with VMWare technical support.
It is recommended that the Virtual Center Server/License server be on a separate host from the machines being managed (Either a physical box or a host on a different management point). The below is true if you are using a centralized license server (using a services based configuration) for a version 3.0.2 host and version 2.0.2 of Virtual Center Client. Other versions or configurations may have different behavior - IDK. If the license server is offline for greater than 14 days the licenses on the host time out. If you need a "temporary" solution until your management box is restored, you can install a new instance of the license server on another system (even your XP workstation) and then import your licensing file on that server. You can then use the Virtual Center Client (connecting directly to the host you wish to manage) to redirect the licensing component of your host to your temporary licensing server. This will let you manage the Guest OSes for that host. From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtual Center down more than 14 days Yes there's a grace period, im confused tho. You have VC running in a virtual machine and you cant get it to boot? If it's totally fragged then create another VM and reinstall VC on it, you will have to add all the hosts to it manually. From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtual Center down more than 14 days I think you have 30 days to get it up and running, otherwise licensing will drop off. From: Phil Guevara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 14:51 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Virtual Center down more than 14 days Anyone know what to do if you virtual center is down past 14 days? I have it running as a virtual machine and cannot boot it up anymore. The virtual center says there is not enough licenses. Best Regards, Phil __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3588 (20081105) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _________________________________________________________ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _________________________________________________________ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
