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The Management tab displays the available license keys listed by product, license key, or asset. You can
right-click any of the listed items to add, assign, and remove license keys and copy license information to
your clipboard.
What to do next
If you have a license key with zero assigned capacity, you can:
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Assign the license key to assets that require licensing.
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Remove the license key if the key is no longer required.
You should not keep unassigned license keys in the vCenter Server license inventory.
Add License Keys to the vCenter Server License Inventory
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.
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.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Home > Administration > Licensing.
2 Click Manage vSphere Licenses.
3 In the Add License Keys text area, specify license keys one per line.
You can specify a list of keys in one operation.
4 (Optional) Type a brief label of the keys.
5 Click Add License Keys.
If you specify any invalid license keys, you receive an error message that lists only the invalid keys. You
can either delete the invalid keys, or add them after correcting them.
6 If you are not ready to assign the license keys to assets, click Next through the remaining wizard
screens and click Finish to save your changes.
The license keys are added to the vCenter Server license inventory.
What to do next
Assign the license keys to assets that require licensing. You should not keep unassigned license keys in the
vCenter Server license inventory.
Assign a License Key to Assets
You can assign license keys to single or multiple assets, individually, or in batches.
NOTE If an ESXi host disconnects from vCenter Server immediately after you assign a license key, the
license assignment operation does not complete but the host appears as licensed. The host is licensed after it
reconnects to vCenter Server.
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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