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License Keys Not in Use in a Domain
If after completing repointing, a license key appears in more than one domain, but is not in use in some of
those domains, you can remove the license key from any domain in which it is not in use. See "Remove
Licenses" in vCenter Server and Host Management for instructions on how to remove the licenses in
vCenter Server.
License Keys in Use in Multiple Domains
If after completing repointing, a license key is in use (that is, assigned to assets) in more than one
domain, to remove the license key from all but one domain, first a different license key must be assigned
to each asset in domains from which the license key will be removed. Two common approaches:
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If you have other license keys available with sufficient unused capacity, you might use these other
keys in place of a license key to be removed. See "Assign a License to Multiple Assets" in vCenter
Server and Host Management to assign licenses in vCenter Server.
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You might divide the license keys used in more than one domain into separate license keys, one for
each domain. To divide the license keys, see the VMware knowledge base article at
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2006972. To determine the capacity to be included in each of the license
keys into which the original is divided, see "Viewing Licensing Information" in vCenter Server and
Host Management to view the usage of the license key in vCenter Server for each of the domains.
Each of the resulting license keys can then be added to a different domain and assigned in
vCenter Server to assets previously licensed with the original license key. See "Create New Licenses"
in vCenter Server and Host Management to create licenses and "Assign a License to Multiple Assets"
in vCenter Server and Host Management to assign a license to multiple assets.
After different licenses are assigned to all assets, the original license key, which is no longer valid,
can be removed from all the domains using vCenter Server. See "Remove Licenses" vCenter Server
and Host Management.
Reconfigure a Standalone vCenter Server with an
Embedded Platform Services Controller to a
vCenter Server with an External
Platform Services Controller
If you have deployed or installed a standalone vCenter Server instance with an embedded
Platform Services Controller and you want to extend your vCenter Single Sign-On domain with more
vCenter Server instances, you can reconfigure and repoint the existing vCenter Server instance to an
external Platform Services Controller.
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