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Before diving into licenses, it is essential to understand what vCenter Server does. In the VMware ecosystem, vCenter Server acts as the central control plane. While ESXi is the hypervisor that runs on a physical server to host virtual machines, vCenter aggregates multiple ESXi hosts into a single manageable unit. It enables advanced features such as:
: Licenses are alphanumeric strings divided into five 5-character blocks (e.g., XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX).
: From the main menu, go to Administration and then select Licensing under the License section.