DescriptionAssign an existing license keySelect from the license keys that already exist in the inventory of the vCenter Server instance that manages the host. Make sure to select a license key that supports all the features that the host runs.Assign a new license keyEnter a new license key and assign it to the host. You can click Decode to verify that the license key is in the correct format, and that it has enough capacity to satisfy the required license usage for the host. You can also decode the license key to verity that it belongs to the correct product.
Oct 05, 2017 When you go onto the VMware website to download esxi 6.5 u1 it gives u a free license number to enter on the esxi web interface after you have installed it. But it wasn’t what I expected it only let’s you create a VM with 8vcpu to get more you need to buy a license I bought one for £580 that includes 3 hosts and 1 vcenter server.