- #Optimize windows server 2008 r2 64 bit changfe full version#
- #Optimize windows server 2008 r2 64 bit changfe install#
- #Optimize windows server 2008 r2 64 bit changfe upgrade#
Once you click Next, you are presented with the window to start the install: Once they were on the desktop, I clicked on the browse button in the License Server installation wizard and selected the files: Once the window opened, I went ahead to copy them over to the desktop: Since the next screen was going to ask for the license files from the old server, I went ahead to locate the licenses from the old server in the folder: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware License Server\LicensesĬontinuing with the install, I switched back over to the new server and UNC-ed over to the old server’s licenses directly via the C$ administrative share:
#Optimize windows server 2008 r2 64 bit changfe install#
If you’re interested in the troubleshooting process, please continue reading:Īfter successfully upgrading vCenter from 4.0 to 4.1, I went ahead to install the License Server that I found here: Once you’ve completed the download, simply execute the VMware-licenseserver executable in the VMware-VIMSetup-2.5.0-U5-English folder to install the license server only.
#Optimize windows server 2008 r2 64 bit changfe full version#
Seeing how the full version was 625MB (zip file) or 854 (DVD image) download, I had to start it and step away for awhile to wait till the download was done. I’ve also tried downloading another version that didn’t work as well:Īfter searching around, I finally found that you’re supposed to download VMware vCenter Server 2.5 (the full version) and run the License Server installation instead: Long story short, the reason why it failed was because of the version of the License Server I tried to install with which I downloaded here: Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services. Service VMware License Server (VMware License Server) failed to start.
As you may already know, the licensing server is a requirement for legacy ESX 3.x hosts and because we still had quite a few of them in the environment I needed to upgrade, I also needed to move the licenses off of the old vCenter 4.0 server so we can decommission it.ĭuring the installation and starting of the services, the error that would get thrown is the following:Įrror 1920.
#Optimize windows server 2008 r2 64 bit changfe upgrade#
I had to do an upgrade of vCenter from 4.0 to 4.1 for one of the environments we manage and came across a problem while trying to installing the VMware License Server on a Windows 2008 R2 64-bit server (the existing vCenter 4.0 was installed on a Windows 2003 R2 server).
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