You added the vSphere 5 Standard and vCenter Server 5 Standard licenses to the inventory of the My vCenter Server 5.1 system. You must assign the vCenter Server 5.x Standard license key to the My vCenter Server 5.1 system before its 60-day evaluation period expires.

Posted by on Mar 12 2014 (updated on Aug 4 2014) in • • • • Aug 04 2014 Update: See also, and a way to download 1b (that can be updated to 1c). Original article appears below To get started with your own vSphere 5.5 home lab, you'll find that there's just 3 files needed. Navigating VMware's site can be a bit tricky, especially when you consider the presentation of the entire site for folks that have some sort of valid license looks quite different than the product evaluation portal. This article gives you the exact URLs and details, to help ANYBODY be absolutely sure they got all the right bits and pieces, before you dive in and, and article I plan to refresh with Update 1 soon.

This is a home-lab-centric article, with narrow scope. Get you started by getting you past bumps in the road that have. The Windows-based download (vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1 Installation Package) that I'm not covering here is considerably more complex and time consuming to set up (you need to provide your own database, like SQL Server), and is overkill for most home labs. Now that (VMware vCenter Server Appliance) has come so far in, and finally simple to deploy on a home network, it's likely better suited for your home lab use too. Especially if simplicity is your goal. Yes, VCSA is based on SuSE Linux.

But this appliance is largely pre-configured by VMware for you. You don't need to know Linux at all to configure and use it using mostly just your browser, as I demonstrate on this 5.5 (non-Update 1) video. See also. Download game dragon ball budokai tenkaichi 3 untuk pc. Keep in mind that for those first 60 days, you have access to all ESXi datacenter features in a non-production lab.

Read a bit more about licensing on vmware.com and on TinkerTry. You'll have plenty of time to read during the download of the 3 needed files, which total about 2.41GB in all. I detail the links below, followed by a video demonstrating the fastest way to get those downloads completed. The new vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1 parts you'll want to review: vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1 11 MAR 2014 Build 1623101 vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 1 11 MAR 2014 Build 1624811 Last updated: 11 MAR 2014 Short version: Visit and login with your existing account. Go to the License & Download tab, open the first 2 sections, then click on 'Manually Download' next to the following 3 files: • ESXi 5.5 ISO image (Includes VMware Tools) VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0.update.x86_64.iso • VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0 Update 1 Appliance - OVA File VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.5.0.811_OVF10.ova • VMware vSphere Client VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1618071.exe Long version: Well worth reading, in case you have troubles with logging in, with existing evaluations/download permissions, and/or download speed issues. Such as the dreaded Your evaluation has expired.

0 days remaining on your evaluation. We hope you have enjoyed using VMware vSphere. The goal is to get the first download going, the version of ESXi 5.5 Update 1, aka, hypervisor, intended for new installs or upgrades, that ANYBODY can access. To get it, the simplest option is for me to show you the exact sequence of screens to get through, including 'Register' for a new account (an optional first step). This way, especially after watching the video below, you'll be convinced that this procedure will work for ALL VMware-curious folks, even those who have never had a free account before. That's right, no prerequisites, partner requirements, license key requests.