Setting Up a Virtual License Server on VMware ESXi or XenServer

The process of setting up a license server on a virtual machine hosted by a VMware ESXi or XenServer hypervisor depends on the hostid chosen to bind the license file to the license server. This hostid can be either the virtual machine’s UUID (Universally Unique ID) or the hostid of a remote physical machine that communicates with the virtual machine. The following sections demonstrate these two binding methods.

If your license-server virtual machine is being hosted by a VMware ESX hypervisor.