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Actions that can Invalidate a VE License

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For cloud deployments: if supported by the cloud provider, the VE license server instance can be moved to a different subnet, as long as the original instance can be moved.

It is also possible to backup and restore (to the same instance) the license server data.

However, the following actions will invalidate the license:

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• Copying the license server data to a different instance
• Seriously damaging the root filesystem of the license server system
• Re-installing the license server system
• Copying the virtual machine on which the license server runs
• Changing the number of CPU cores of the license server system.

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• If the license server is bound to the ESXi host: using vMotion on the VM in which the VE license server runs
• Changes to the API interface of the ESXi host or vCenter Server
• The license can become temporarily unavailable if the user credentials or address information recorded by esxi_bind are changed. In this case, esxi_bind must be run again to define the correct user credentials and address information.

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Starting and Stopping the License Server

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