User`s guide

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Chapter 3 Managing ADM

Upload a License

AnewlyinstalledADMsetupisnotlicensedbydefault.Beforeyoubegin,obtainthelicensefromtheVMware

salesrepresentative.

To upload a license

1FromtheADMconsole,navigatetoManage>System.

2IntheActionsleftpane,clickLicensingtodisplaytheLicensepropertiespage.

3ClickUploadanewlicense.

4Typetheserial

numberprovidedbyVMwareinthetextboxandclickApply.

Viewing License Details

Afteryouuploadalicense,youcanviewthelicensedetails,includingthelicensefeature,theamountlicensed,

theamountused,theexpirationdate,andtheserialnumberfromtheLicensepropertiespage.

To view license details

1FromtheADMconsole,navigatetoManage>System.

2IntheActionsleftpane,clickLicensingtodisplay

theLicensepropertiespage.

NOTEIfthenumberofdiscoveredserversexceedthenumberofserversregisteredinthelicense,thefollowing

notificationappearsintheDiscover>Inventorypage:

Maximum discovered Servers exceeded! Discovery may be incomplete. Please obtain additional

licenses from your VMware sales representative.

NOTEIftheserialnumberstringisinvalid,anerrormessageisdisplayedimmediately.