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Ensure that the host you are going to add contains valid licenses.

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  1. From navigation pane of vCenter Home screen, select Host.

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    1vCenter Home Screen

    The Hosts screen displays.

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  2. Click Add Host icon.

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    1Hosts Screen

    The Add Host dialog displays.

  3. Enter VMware host's name or IP address to add to vCenter Server. (Step 1 of "Add Host")

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  4. Select location to add host:

    1. Click arrow next to vCenter server (in this example, "barbet-vcenter") to view list of datacenters, clusters or host folders.

    2. Select datacenter and click Next to continue to step 2 of "Add Host" procedure.

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      1Select a Datacenter for Host

  5. Enter the administrative account information for the host:
    1. Select User name field, and enter user name.
    2. Select Password field, and enter password.
    3. Click Next.

      Note

      If you receive an authenticity security alert message, click Yes to continue.

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      1Add Host Step 2

      Host summary details display in the 'Add Host' step 3 procedure.

  6.  Click Next to continue.

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    1Host Summary

    A list of license keys displays (Add Host step 4).

  7. Select a license key to assign to the host, and click Next.

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    1Assign License Key

    The Lockdown mode screen displays (Add Host step 5).

  8. Click Next to continue.

    Note

    Do not enable Lockdown mode.

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    1Lockdown Mode Screen

  9. From the next screen, select a VM location (Add Host step 6), and click Next.

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    1VM Location

  10. From the next screen (Add Host step 7), verify your host configuration, and click Finish.

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