Specifications

2 Select the Reporting tab.
3 If the vCenter Server instance that you are connected to is part of a Linked Mode group, leave the default
All vCenter Server instances value in the vCenter Server drop-down menu.
You should leave the default All vCenter Server Instances value to view the license use for a product for
the entire group. If you view the license use for a single vCenter Server instance and not the entire group,
you do not receive information about the total use of license keys that are assigned to more than one asset
in the group.
4 Select a preconfigured or a custom period for the license use details from the Time period drop-down
menu.
a (Optional) If you select a custom time period, specify the start and end dates, and click Recalculate.
5 Select a product from the Products Chart.
The vRAM use for vSphere 5.0 products is reported separately from the CPU use for the every product
edition. For example, the vRAM use for vSphere 5.0 Standard is reported as VMware vSphere 5 Standard
(vRAM) in the Prodcuts Chart.
Details about the license use of the product that you select appear in the Product Details pane. The table in the
Product Details pane lists all the license keys for the product that are assigned to assets in the selected period.
The table can list license keys that are not used currently but were assigned to assets in the selected period.
What to do next
View details about each license key for the product.
Licensing Details for a Selected Product
The licensing details for a product provide information about the current and average license keys use, and
the current and average capacity of the license keys available for the product. You can view licensing details
for a product from the Reporting tab of the Licensing page in the vSphere Client.
To view licensing details for a product, you select the product from the Products Chart pane and the licensing
details for the product appear in the Product Details pane.
Above the table in the Product Details pane, you can view the license use and capacity for the product over
the selected period and on the current date. The value for the license use that you view is the total use for all
license keys that belong to the product and that are assigned to assets. If a threshold exists for the license use
of the product, you can view the threshold limit.
Table 7-2. Licensing Details for a Product
Licensing Detail for a
Product Description
Licenses used (selected period) Number of units from the purchased license capacity that assets use over the selected
period.
Purchased capacity (selected
period)
Latest amount of license capacity that is purchased for the selected period.
Licenses used % (selected
period)
Percentage from the purchased license capacity that assets use over the selected period.
Licenses used (today) Number of units from the purchased license capacity that assets use on the current date.
Purchased capacity (today) Amount of license capacity that is purchased for the product on the current date.
Licenses used % (today) Percentage from the purchased license capacity that assets use on the current date.
Alert threshold Value of the threshold set for the product.
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