Restore ESXI Windows VMs to another machine / host. Licensing requirements?

Right now I have a Dell R710 running ESXI with the essentials license. I am now buying another server to use a spare. In case the main server fails, I need to have some hardware to restore backups to.My questions/concerns relate to licensing:If I restore Windows Server 2012 VMs from that server to another server do I need another set of licenses for that backup server? What if they are only going to run for a week or 2 waiting for the main server to be repaired?If I have a separate 2012 server license(2 in a vm install) how do I utilize it if the restore will be using the key from the first server? Does just having the licenses allow me do this or does it need to actually be activated under the new license(change the license after restore)If I wanted to do failover to the second server using VMware ESXI...do I need to get additional...
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my mistake...i didn't look at the list i guess..i've taken a look at what was backed up and the datafiles are there.. so attempting another restore..

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