I have been handed an ESXi 5.5.0 server which has a vSphere 5 Hypervisor license. Unfortunately, vCenter Server (evaluation license) appears to not support the management of such hosts: "The host is licensed with VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor. The license edition of vCenter Server does not support VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor." That is the error I get when attempting to add the host to vCenter.
I have two questions regarding this:
1. Will a paid vCenter Server license support vSphere 5 Hypervisor hosts?
2. Will removing the license from the host leave me with an evaluation license of ESXi which vCenter will support?
2.1 If so, how do I remove the license?
I'm further confused by the fact that despite the license type, the standalone vSphere client has a link to the VMware downloads stating "Manage this host through VMware vCenter." I'm trying, dang it! vCenter won't let me.