Specifications

The exported report contains raw data about the license use of products for a single vCenter Server instance
or a Linked Mode group. The exported report includes all of the snapshots collected over the selected period.
The exported report can contain host, vCenter Server, or solution asset IDs, but does not include user-defined
names. The exported report is free of user and company-specific information.
Each row of the exported report CSV file lists a single license use snapshot, which includes an asset, its assigned
license key, and the use at the given timestamp.
Table 7-4. Information in an Exported Report
Download Report Data Description
License Key Assigned license key.
Product Edition Edition of the product to which the license key belongs.
Cost Unit Capacity type of the license key (CPU, instance, virtual
machine, and so on).
License Key Expiration Date If applicable.
Asset ID Automatically generated ID that vCenter Server uses to
identify the asset.
Usage Amount of units from the license capacity that the asset uses
at the time of the timestamp. The unit of this value is
indicated in the Cost Unit column.
Capacity Capacity of the license key. The unit of this value is indicated
in the Cost Unit column.
vCenter Servers vCenter Server instances for which the usage is reported.
This column is useful when the report is generated for
multiple vCenter Server instances.
Timestamp Timestamp of the license use snapshot.
The last section of raw data in the file contains a signature that is a checksum of the file content. You can ignore
this section of the report.
Set a Threshold for the License Use of a Product
You can set a threshold for the license use of products. A threshold helps you to track whether the current
license use for a product exceeds certain limits. If the license use for the product exceeds the threshold, an
alarm is triggered on the corresponding vCenter Server system.
You can apply thresholds only to products with use-based licensing models such as per-virtual machine or
vRAM. You can set thresholds below or above the purchased license capacity. You can use thresholds as an
additional means to receive notifications if the license use for a product exceeds certain limits. Thresholds do
not enforce license use limits.
NOTE You can set thresholds for the license use of products only for individual vCenter Server systems. You
cannot set thresholds for all vCenter Server systems in a Linked Mode group.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have the Global.Licenses privilege.
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Ensure that the vSphere Client is connected to the vCenter Server system.
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Ensure that you have the vSphere Web Client installed and the vCenter Server system is registered with
it.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Home > Administration > Licensing.
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