#Vmware vsphere 6.5 change host ip address license key#
Host summary – review the summary information and click Next:Īssign license – select whether you want to assign a new license key or use an existing one: If you get the security alert about the authenticy of the host, click Yes to trust the host: Note that this is not the password of the vCenter Server administrator: User name and password – the password of the root account on the ESXi host. Host name or IP address – the fully qualified domain name or IP address of your ESXi host: Type the following information in the Add Host wizard: Right-click the datacenter object you’ve created in the previous step and select Add Host:Ģ. Now you can add an ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory. Log into the flash version of the vSphere client by going to the following URL: http://addressofvcenterserver/vsphere-client. Using the vSphere client to change the IP Address of vCenter is VMware’s documented and preferred method. If DHCP is not available, the host assigns the link local IP address, which is in the subnet .x/16. Changing the IP Address from the vSphere Client. For DHCP to work, your network environment must have a DHCP server. Host Name and IP Address Changes In vSphere 6.0 and later, a host name or IP address change might affect whether vCenter Server considers a host certificate. For future reference, write down the IP address. In the Getting Started window, click Create Datacenter: By default, DHCP sets the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. Log in to your vCenter Server instance at and go to Home > vCenter > Hosts and Clusters:Ģ.
Here are the steps to create a datacenter object using the vSphere Web Client:ġ. Before adding an ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory, you must create at least one datacenter object. ESXi hosts need to be added the vCenter Server inventory in order to create a vSphere environment and use vSphere features such as H igh Availability or Fault Tolerance.
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