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- Requirements for direct ESXi host binding:
- The VE license server must run in one of the VMs on the ESXi server.
- ESXi/vSphere version 6.5 and above.
- Valid license that supports the vSphere API feature. Otherwise the license server fails to start with the message
Failed to detect ESXi/vCenter serverServer. - Ports 443 (TCP) and 902 (TCP, UDP) must be accessible to the VE license server host.
- 100 MB of free disk space on the ESXi server to be used by the VE license server host.
- Administrative user (and password) on the ESXi/vSphere host used for the binding between license server and ESXi/vSphere host.
- Requirements for vCenter Server binding:
- The VE license server must run in a VM on one of the ESXi systems managed by the vCenter serverServer.
- vCenter Server version 6.5 and above.
- Ports 443 (TCP) and 902 (TCP, UDP) must be accessible to the VE license server host.
- 100 MB of free disk space on the vCenter Server to be used by the VE license server host.
- Administrative user (and password) on the vCenter server Server used for the binding between license server and vCenter serverServer.
Please note: vMotion for the virtual machine running the VE license server can only be used if the license server binds to the vCenter Server. The target system must be managed by the same vCenter Server.
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The license server must be able to access the following ports on the ESXi host or vCenter server Server it binds to: ports 443 (TCP) and 902 (TCP and UDP).
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