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Receiving License Activation Codes
VMware sends license activation codes and licensing information to the license administrator listed for a particular purchase. If you are not the license administrator, contact your organization’s license administrator for your license activation codes. If you need to change the license administrator for your order, contact vi‐[email protected]. Include the relevant order numbers in your email. If you purchases VMware Infrastructure 3 from an authorized VMware reseller, register your purchase using the partner activation code(s) supplied by the partner to generate your license files. Checking the License Server
If you are having trouble communicating with your license server, check the following:
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Check that the license server Windows service is running.
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Check that license server is listening.
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Check the license server status.
To check that the license server Windows service is running
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On the machine on which the license server is installed, choose Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services to display the Services control panel. 2
Verify that the Status column for the VMware License Server entry reads Started. 3
If the VMware License Server is not started, right‐click the service and choose Start. VMware, Inc.