How do I get rid of expired vSAN license?

September 10, 2022 Chris Normand

To remove the license:

Go to Administration>Licenses.
Click on the Licenses tab.
Select the expired vSAN license.
Click remove.

What happens if vSAN license expires?

When the license or the evaluation period of a vSAN expires, you can continue to use the currently configured vSAN resources and features. However, you cannot add SSD or HDD capacity to an existing disk group or create new disk groups.

How do I delete a VMware license?

Procedure

Click Menu > Administration.
Expand Licensing and click Licenses.
Select the Licenses tab.
Use the filters to display only the unassigned licenses. Client. Options. …
Select a license to remove or press Ctrl+A to select all licenses.
Click Remove Licenses, review the confirmation message, and click Yes.

Procedure

Click Menu > Administration.
Expand Licensing and click Licenses.
Select the Licenses tab.
Use the filters to display only the unassigned licenses. Client. Options. …
Select a license to remove or press Ctrl+A to select all licenses.
Click Remove Licenses, review the confirmation message, and click Yes.

How do you decommission a vSAN?

How to delete VSAN datastore you'll need to:

Evacuate all the VMs out of the VSAN datastore.
Turn OFF VMware HA.
Delete all VSAN disk groups Individually.
Deactivate VSAN cluster. At the Cluster level > Manage > Virtual SAN > General.
Re-enable VMware HA.

How to delete VSAN datastore you'll need to:

Evacuate all the VMs out of the VSAN datastore.
Turn OFF VMware HA.
Delete all VSAN disk groups Individually.
Deactivate VSAN cluster. At the Cluster level > Manage > Virtual SAN > General.
Re-enable VMware HA.

How do I change my vSAN license?

Procedure

Navigate to your vSAN cluster.
Click the Configure tab.
Under Licensing, select vSAN Cluster.
Click Assign License.
Select an existing license and click OK.

Procedure

Navigate to your vSAN cluster.
Click the Configure tab.
Under Licensing, select vSAN Cluster.
Click Assign License.
Select an existing license and click OK.

Is vSAN free?

VSAN is never free.

How long is a VMware license good for?

An evaluation mode license of a vCenter Server system expires 60 days after the product is installed no matter whether you assign a license to vCenter Server or not. You can set vCenter Server back to evaluation mode only within 60 days after its installation.

Where is VMware key stored?

To locate the Workstation serial number in the Windows registry: Click Start > Run, type regedit, and press Enter. Navigate to Computer > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > VMware, Inc. > VMware Workstation > License.

Where is VMware license key?

Click Menu > Administration. Expand Licensing and click Licenses. Select the Licenses tab. Select a license from the list and view the license key.

How do I eject a disk from vSAN?

Procedure

Navigate to the vSAN cluster.
Click the Configure tab.
Under vSAN, click Disk Management.
Remove a disk group or selected devices. Option. Description. Remove the Disk Group. …
Click Yes or Remove to confirm. The data is evacuated from the selected devices or a disk group and is no longer available to vSAN.

Procedure

Navigate to the vSAN cluster.
Click the Configure tab.
Under vSAN, click Disk Management.
Remove a disk group or selected devices. Option. Description. Remove the Disk Group. …
Click Yes or Remove to confirm. The data is evacuated from the selected devices or a disk group and is no longer available to vSAN.

How do I remove ESX host from cluster?

Procedure

In the vSphere Client home page, navigate to Home > Hosts and Clusters.
Select a host in the inventory.
(Optional) If the host is part of a cluster, put it in maintenance mode. …
Right-click the host you want to remove in the inventory pane, and select Remove from Inventory from the pop-up menu.

Procedure

In the vSphere Client home page, navigate to Home > Hosts and Clusters.
Select a host in the inventory.
(Optional) If the host is part of a cluster, put it in maintenance mode. …
Right-click the host you want to remove in the inventory pane, and select Remove from Inventory from the pop-up menu.

How do I remove ESXi license from host?

Select what licenses you want to display (unassigned or assigned). Select a license to remove or press Ctrl+A to select all licenses. Click Remove Licenses, review the confirmation message, and click Yes.

How do I license ESXi host?

Procedure

Navigate to the host in the inventory.
Select the Configure tab.
Under Settings, select Licensing.
Click Assign License.
In the Assign License dialog box, select the task that you want to perform. In the vSphere Client, select an existing license or select a newly created license. Task. Steps.

Procedure

Navigate to the host in the inventory.
Select the Configure tab.
Under Settings, select Licensing.
Click Assign License.
In the Assign License dialog box, select the task that you want to perform. In the vSphere Client, select an existing license or select a newly created license. Task. Steps.

What is virtual SAN in VMware?

VMware vSAN is a software-defined, enterprise storage solution that supports hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) systems. vSAN is fully integrated with VMware vSphere, as a distributed layer of software within the ESXi hypervisor.

How do I get rid of expired vCenter license?

Procedure

Click Menu > Administration.
Expand Licensing and click Licenses.
Select the Licenses tab.
Use the filters to display only the unassigned licenses. Client. Options. …
Select a license to remove or press Ctrl+A to select all licenses.
Click Remove Licenses, review the confirmation message, and click Yes.

Procedure

Click Menu > Administration.
Expand Licensing and click Licenses.
Select the Licenses tab.
Use the filters to display only the unassigned licenses. Client. Options. …
Select a license to remove or press Ctrl+A to select all licenses.
Click Remove Licenses, review the confirmation message, and click Yes.