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3 Select a preconfigured or a custom time period for the license usage report from the Time period
drop-down menu.
4 Click Generate CSV report.
The operation takes a few seconds.
5 Click Save and specify a location where to save the file.
The license usage for products over the selected time period is exported in a CSV file. The CSV file is
contained in a .zip file that is saved to the location that you specified.
The exported report contains raw data about the license usage of products over the selected period. The
rows of the exported CSV file list the license usage snapshots that the License Service has collected daily
over the selected period. You can use third-party tools to open the CSV report and analyse its data.
A license usage snapshot contains data about the assigned licenses, associated products, license
expiration date, license units (cost units), capacity, usage, asset ID, and so on. Permanent licenses do not
have an expiration date listed. vCloud Suite is licensed on per CPU basis, and so, the license usage for
vCloud Suite products is reflected only for ESXi hosts that are assigned licenses from the corresponding
vCloud Suite editions.
Synchronizing Licenses with Your My VMware Account
With vSphere 6.5 and later, VMware starts offering the Synchronize Licenses feature that you can use to
import license keys and license key data from My VMware to your vSphere environment.
The Synchronize Licenses feature helps you keep your vCenter Server license keys data synchronized
with the license keys data in My VMware. To import license keys data, you use a .CSV file that you
generate in the My VMware reports section. After you import the .CSV file, you can view the My VMware
data in the License List and the License Summary.
With the import feature, you can complete the following tasks:
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Add or update My VMware license keys details, such as notes, custom labels, contracts, orders, and
so on, in your vCenter license inventory.
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Add license keys from My VMware to your vCenter license inventory.
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Identify any license keys in your vCenter license inventory that have been combined, divided,
upgraded, or downgraded in My VMware to help you with license compliance.
Synchronize Licenses
Use the Synchronize Licenses feature to import license key data from your My VMware account to your
vSphere environment.
Prerequisites
Generate a Products, Licenses, Details, and History report in your My VMware account and upload it to
vSphere. See Generate a CSV File in My VMware.
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