How to apply your VMUG Advantage EVALExperience vSphere 7 license keys to your home lab

This article and video assume you've already installed vSphere 7 in your home lab, and you are now seeking a little guidance on exactly how to go about applying your license keys during the 60 day evaluation period, without any interruption in running your (non-production) workloads.

If you're wondering a bit about where to get the license keys, this previous TinkerTry article gets into that:

• VMware vSphere 7.0 is now GA, here's how to download it right away!
  Apr 02 2020

It doesn't really matter whether you have obtained your legitimate license keys from

1. My VMware
2. earned membership in VMware vExpert Program
3. purchased from VMUG Advantage using your 10% off TINKERTRY discount code

you've come to the right place for a close look at exactly how to go about applying those license keys to your VCSA appliance (vCenter) and your ESXi host(s) quickly and easily, step by step video below.

Step-by-step video

Disclosure: VMUG Advantage has purchased ads at TinkerTry within the past 12 months, using 3rd party BuySellAds ad placement services. I created this article and video independently, with VMUG Advantage having no say in its content.

See also at TinkerTry

All vSphere 7 articles.

All vSphere 7 videos.