5.6 Licensing the VMware ESXi Hypervisor

PlateSpin Forge ships with a license for the version of VMware installed on the Forge Management VM. You must activate a VMware 6.5 license as you rebuild your Forge Appliance to version 4.

NOTE:If you are upgrading from Appliance version 3, your VMware license is for VMware 5.5. Contact Customer Care for help to get a replacement VMware license for VMware 6.5.

To activate the ESXi 6.5 license for the Forge Management VM:

  1. On the PlateSpin administrative computer, log in with the default credentials to the vSphere Web Client.

  2. In the vSphere Web Client, select Host in the Navigator.

  3. Expand the contents under Host to reveal options, then click Manage.

  4. Select the Licensing tab.

  5. Click Assign License.

  6. In the Assign License dialog, specify the license key.

  7. Click Check License.

  8. After the license key is validated with a green check mark icon, click Assign License.

    The license information appears on the Licensing tab.

  9. Continue with Section 5.7, Running the Forge Appliance Configurator.