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Licensing an ESX/ESXi 4.x host fails with the error: The license key entered does not have enough capacity for this entity (1019695)

Last Updated: 3/20/2024Categories: LicensingTotal Views: 25366Language:
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Symptoms

You cannot license your ESX/ESXi 4.x host

You cannot license an ESX/ESXi 4.x host with more than 6 cores

Licensing a host fails with the error:

The license key entered does not have enough capacity for this entity.

Resolution

This issue occurs if:

Your host has more CPUs than the license has capacity for. For example, you cannot license a 2 CPU host with a 1 CPU license key.

To resolve this issue, combine the existing 1 CPU license key with another 1 CPU license key. For more information, see How to combine license keys in Customer Connect (2006973).

Your ESX host has more cores than what your license key supports. For example, if you license a 2 processor, 8 core ESX/ESXi host with a Standard, Enterprise, or Essential/Essential Plus license, you experience this issue because they support only 6 cores. Only Enterprise Plus and Advanced licenses support upto 12 cores. For more information, see VMware Multi-Core Pricing & Licensing Policy.

To workaround this issue:

Use an Enterprise Plus or Advanced License key. For more information on the features, see Compare vSphere editions.

Combine multiple VMware licenses of the same version on a single host. For example, if you have a Standard license key and if you have a 2 processor 8 core ESX/ESXi host, you must have a 4 processor Standard License Key to correctly license the host.

The license key that you have entered shows a negative license assigned key count due to a stale entry in the ADAM database.

To restore the correct count for the license key, see Cannot remove the license key from vCenter Server (1015268).

Related Information

How to combine license keys in Customer Connect
ESX/ESXi 4.x ホストのライセンスが次のエラーで失敗する：入力されたライセンス キーはこのエンティティ用の十分なキャパシティがありません
许可 ESX/ESXi 4.x 或 ESXi 5.0 主机失败，并显示以下错误：输入的许可证密钥对于此实体没有足够容量

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