Licensing - Windows Server Datacenter Edition

Hello,
I have 2hosts on which ESX have been installed.
i have lots of VMs running on the hosts.
Can i still buy Windows Server 2012 Datacenter edition LICENSE and use in my environment?? that is i want to buy datacenter edt and use the product key on any VM that am setting up..
How many licenses should i buy as the two hosts will be in redundant mode, that is a vm can migrate or moved to another host.
an exact reply will be appreciated..

Yes, this is possible. See here fot the technical note. You need 1 windows datacenter license per host. If you have 2 hosts, that means you need 2 licenses.
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