VMware Product Licensing

License Activation Codes

• Manage VMware Product Licenses
  Redeem your license activation code(s) and manage your VMware Infrastructure 3, VMware Lab Manager and VMware Converter product licenses. (Note: The ESX Server 2.x/VirtualCenter 1.x Serial Numbers Portal has been decommissioned. Please contact VMware Customer Service for more information.)

Licensing Help

For questions about license redemption and activation, please email vi-hotline or view the following documentation and resources:

• Product Licensing Tour
• Help for Managing Licenses
• Redemption Steps
• VMware Infrastructure 3 Documentation
• Microsoft Licensing FAQs

Licensing Policies

For questions about single-processor and multi-core processor licensing policies, use the following resources.

• Single-Processor Pricing & Licensing
• Multi-Core Pricing & Licensing

License File Checker

This license file checker will take a pasted license file and parse, reformat, and attempt to repair it. This is only available for "server-based" license files used with VirtualCenter.

VMware Serial Numbers

For VMware products that require licensed or evaluation serial numbers for activation, please view VMware serial numbers.

VMware Account

Visit the VMware Account page to review/update your account profile, view order status & history, view serial number history or register products.