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Combining the Capacity of License Keys

If your license inventory contains multiple license keys, each with a small amount of capacity, you might want

to combine them into one large-capacity license key. Combining license keys is useful when the total available

capacity across license keys is large enough to accommodate an asset, but no single license key is large enough

to accommodate the asset.

After you use the license portal to combine license keys, you must add the new license key to the vCenter Server

license inventory and remove the old license keys.

Dividing the Capacity of License Keys

If you have a large-capacity license key, you might want to divide the capacity to create multiple smaller-

capacity license keys. Dividing license keys is useful for managing license keys in different vCenter Server

license inventories or assigning different license keys to groups in your organization.

Viewing the Change History of License Keys

The license portal tracks the complete history of license key upgrades, downgrades, combinations, and

divisions for your organization.

Finding Lost License Keys

If a license key is misplaced, you can search for it in the license portal using the following criteria:

Date range

License key

Order number

Transaction type

Managing Licenses

License management is centralized. You can use the vSphere Client to manage all licenses that are available in

the license inventory of a vCenter Server system or a Linked Mode group.

View License Information on page 76

You can view the license keys available in the vCenter Server license inventory from the Licensing page

in the vSphere Client.

Add a License Key and Assign It to an Asset on page 76

After you obtain a license key, you can add it to the vCenter Server license inventory and assign the

license key to assets.

Add License Keys to the License Inventory on page 77

After you obtain license keys, you can add them to the vCenter Server license inventory. You can add

multiple license keys at the same time.

Assign a License Key to Assets on page 78

You can assign license keys to single or multiple assets, individually, or in batches.

Export License Information on page 78

You can export license information in a file that you can later open with third-party applications.

Chapter 7 License Management and Reporting

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