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3 Create a new LicenseData object and a LicenseKeyEntry object with associated type ID and
license key.
$licenseData = New-Object VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData
$licenseKeyEntry = New-Object Vmware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseKeyEntry
$licenseKeyEntry.TypeId = "vmware-vsphere”
$licenseKeyEntry.LicenseKey = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
4 Associate the LicenseKeys attribute of the LicenseData object you created in step 3 with the
LicenseKeyEntry object.
$licenseData.LicenseKeys += $licenseKeyEntry
5 Update the license data for the data center with the LicenseData object and verify that the license is
associated with the host container.
$licenseDataManager.UpdateAssociatedLicenseData($hostContainer.Uid, $licenseData)
$licenseDataManager.QueryAssociatedLicenseData($hostContainer.Uid)
6 Provision one or more hosts with vSphere Auto Deploy and assign them to the data center or to the
cluster that you assigned the license data to.
7 You can use the vSphere Web Client to verify that the host is successfully assigned to the default
license XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.
All hosts that you assigned to the data center are now licensed automatically.
Reprovisioning Hosts
vSphere Auto Deploy supports multiple reprovisioning options. You can perform a simple reboot or
reprovision with a different image profile or a different host profile.
A first boot using vSphere Auto Deploy requires that you set up your environment and add rules to the
rule set. See the topic "Preparing for vSphere Auto Deploy" in the vSphere installation and Setup
documentation.
The following reprovisioning operations are available.
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Simple reboot.
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Reboot of hosts for which the user answered questions during the boot operation.
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Reprovision with a different image profile.
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Reprovision with a different host profile.
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