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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
View the License Usage for vCloud Suite in the vSphere Web Client
You can use the license reporting function in the vSphere Web Client to track the license usage for
vCloud Suite.
vCenter Server takes snapshots of the license usage every hour. A license usage snapshot contains data
about the current license assignments and usage. The usage information in the license reporting interface
contains aggregated statistics from snapshots that are taken in the period that you select.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: Global.Licenses
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client navigator home, select Administration, and under Licensing select
License Reports.
2 From the vCenter Server drop-down list, select a vCenter Server system.
3 (Optional) To aggregate license usage data for a vCenter Server system that is part of a Linked Mode
group, select Show data only for the selected vCenter Server.
4 From the Time period drop-down menu, select a preconfigured or a custom time period for which you
want to aggregate license usage data.
For a custom time period, you must specify the start and end dates, and click Recalculate .
5 From the Products Chart pane, select a vCloud Suite product.
Details about the license usage for vCloud Suite for the selected time period appear in the Product Details
pane. The license usage is calculated as the average daily high water mark for the selected period.
Export a License Usage Report for vCloud Suite
You can export a report of the license usage for vCloud Suite for a time period and vCenter Server system.
The report is exported in a CSV file that you can later open with third-party applications.
The license usage data in an exported report contains the license usage snapshots that vCenter Server
collects every hour.
NOTE A tamper-detection feature in vCenter Server protects the license usage information. If the licensing
data in the vCenter Server database has been edited, you cannot export a license usage report.
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, navigate to Home > Administration > Licensing and select the Reporting tab.
2 Click Export.
3 From the vCenter Server drop-down list, select the vCenter Server system for which you want to export
a license usage report.
Leave the default All vCenter Server instances selection.
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