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4 Click View License Key.
View the Licensed Features for an Asset
Before you start to use a feature on an asset, you can check whether the asset is licensed to use this feature.
For example, to use vSphere HA, you should check whether all hosts in a vSphere HA cluster are licensed
for this feature.
Prerequisites
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To view and manage licenses in the vSphere 6.0 environment, you must have the Global.Licenses
privilege on the vCenter Server system, where the vSphere Web Client runs.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the asset whose licensed features you want to view.
2 Click the Manage tab.
3 Select the  option.
4 Under System, select Licensing.
The list of features that you can congure on the asset appears on the right.
Generating Reports for License Usage in the vSphere Web Client
You can track the license usage of your vSphere environment by generating reports for the license usage of
assets for a certain time period. Assets are hosts, vCenter Server systems, Virtual SAN clusters, and
solutions.
You can use the license reporting in vSphere for the following tasks:
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View statistics about the license usage and capacity for all products that have been assigned licenses in
vSphere for a certain time period.
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Export license usage reports in CSV format for further analysis and processing.
The License Service takes snapshots of the license usage in the vSphere environment every day. A license
usage snapshot contains data about the current license assignment and usage. The license usage information
that you can view in the license reporting interface contains aggregated statistics from the snapshots that are
collected in the period that you select.
The license usage reports that you can export in CSV format contain the raw data from the license usage
snapshots that are collected during the selected period. You can analyze the data from CSV reports by
aggregating it with third-party tools or scripts.
View the License Usage for Multiple Products
Tracking the license usage for products helps you to estimate the overall license requirements for your
environment and to keep it correctly licensed. You can lter the license usage data by time period.
Prerequisites
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To view and generate license usage reports for the products in vSphere 6.0, you must have the
Global.Licenses privilege on the vCenter Server system, where the vSphere Web Client runs.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Administration, and under Licensing select Reports.
2 From the Time period drop-down menu, select a precongured or a custom time period for which you
want to generate license use data.
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