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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
2 Select Manage vSphere Licenses.
3 In the Add License Keys page, type or paste the vCloud Suite license key, and type an optional label for
the key.
4 Click Add License Keys.
5 Review the details for the license key, click Next on the remaining pages of the wizard, and click Finish.
The vCloud Suite license key is added to the license inventory of vCenter Server.
What to do next
Assign the vCloud Suite license key to vSphere, vCenter Operations Management Suite,
vCenter Site Recovery Manager, and vCloud Networking and Security.
Assign the vCloud Suite License to vSphere in the vSphere Client
You must assign the vCloud Suite license key to the ESXi hosts that run the components of vCloud Suite.
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.
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Verify that the vCloud Suite license key is added in the repository of vCenter Server. See “Add the
vCloud Suite License by Using the vSphere Client,” on page 43
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Home > Administration > Licensing.
2 Select Manage vSphere Licenses.
3 Click Next.
4 On the Assign Licenses page, select ESX.
5 Select the ESXi hosts that run the vCloud Suite components.
6 From the Product pane, select the vCloud Suite license key.
7 On the Remove License Keys page, click Next.
8 Click Finish to save your changes.
Assign the vCloud Suite License to vCenter Operations Management Suite in the
vSphere Client
Assign the vCloud Suite license key to the components of vCenter Operations Management Suite to use
them as part of vCloud Suite.
Prerequisites
n
Required privilege: Global.Licenses
n
Verify that the vSphere Client is connected to the vCenter Server system.
n
Verify that the vCloud Suite license key is added in the repository of vCenter Server. See “Add the
vCloud Suite License by Using the vSphere Client,” on page 43
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Home > Administration > Licensing.
2 Select Manage vSphere Licenses.
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