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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Suite Architecture Overview and Use Cases
- Contents
- About this book
- Introduction to vCloud Suite
- Architecture Overview
- Conceptual Design of a vCloud Suite Environment
- vCloud Suite Components in the Management Cluster
- Software-Defined Data Center Core Infrastructure
- Delivering an Infrastructure Service
- Delivering Platform as a Service
- Deploying vCloud Suite
- Install vCloud Suite Components
- Update vCloud Suite Components
- External Dependencies for Deploying vCloud Suite
- System Requirements of vCloud Suite Components
- Security Considerations
- Licensing
- vCloud Suite Licensing Model
- Activating vCloud Suite Components in the vSphere Web Client
- Activating vCloud Suite Components in the vSphere Client
- Add the vCloud Suite License by Using the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License to vSphere in the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License to vCenter Operations Management Suite in the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License to vCloud Networking and Security in the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License Key to vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Activating vCloud Suite Components by Using Their Own Licensing Interfaces
- Monitoring License Usage for vCloud Suite
- vCloud Suite Use Cases
- Index
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client navigator home, select Administration, and under Licensing select
Licenses .
2 On the License Keys tab, click Add License Keys .
3 Type the vCloud Suite license key and click Next.
You can copy and paste the license key from My VMware.
4 Click Finish.
What to do next
Assign the vCloud Suite license key to the suite components that integrate with the vSphere Web Client.
Assign the vCloud Suite License to vSphere in the vSphere Web Client
You must assign the vCloud Suite license key to the ESXi hosts that run the vCloud Suite components. You
can assign the license key by using the license management option in the vSphere Web Client.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the vCloud Suite license key is added in the inventory of vCenter Server. See “Add the
vCloud Suite License in the vSphere Web Client,” on page 42
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Required privilege: Global.Licenses
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client navigator home, select Administration, and under Licensing select
Licenses .
2 On the Hosts tab, select the ESXi hosts that run the vCloud Suite components and click Assign License
Key.
To select multiple hosts, use Shift+click.
3 Select the vCloud Suite license key and click OK.
The ESXi hosts are licensed for vCloud Suite.
Activating vCloud Suite Components in the vSphere Client
You must assign the vCloud Suite license to all suite components to unlock the vCloud Suite capabilities.
For components that integrate with the vSphere Client, you can use the license management option in the
client.
NOTE The vCloud Suite 5.8 license is compatible with vCenter Server 5.1 and 5.5.
Add the vCloud Suite License by Using the vSphere Client
To assign the vCloud Suite license key to the suite components, you must add the key to the license
inventory of vCenter Server.
Prerequisites
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Required privilege: Global.Licenses
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Verify that the vSphere Client is connected to the vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Home > Administration > Licensing.
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