My Own ESXi Server Part 16 Adding a License Key

How to Add a License Key to VMware ESXi:

1)  While logging into vSphere Client, you get a message indicating that the VMware Evaluation ESXi license will expire.  Click OK.

2)  From the main vSphere Client window, switch to the Configuration tab.

3)  Under Software, click on Licensed Features.  Click Edit (upper right corner of screen) to change the ESX Server License Type.

4)  Check Assign a new license key to this host and click  Enter key.... button.

5)  Enter your license key you obtained from VMware and click OK.

6)  That's it!

Related Posts:
Part 1  The Time Has Come
Part 2  Running ESXi on VMware Fusion
Part 3  Building My ESXi Server
Part 4  Installing ESXi 4 on a USB Stick
Part 5  Installing vSphere Client on Windows
Part 6  Updating ESXi using vSphere Host Update Utility
Part 7  Browsing the VMware ESXi Datastore
Part 8  WinSCP to the Rescue
Part 9  Creating a VM
Part 10  Downloading a Virtual Machine
Part 11  Running vSphere Client from Ubuntu
Part 12  Running vSphere Client from Mac OS
Part 13  Adding/Removing a VM to ESXi
Part 14  Export in ESXi
Part 15  Deploying OVF Templates
Part 16  Adding a License Key