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To change the license key name, click the license's name in the list and
enter a new name for the license key.
e (Optional) To remove license keys in your vCenter license inventory that have
been combined, split, upgraded, or downgraded in My VMware, download the
Combined_Split_Upgraded_and_Downgraded_License_Keys.csv report.
For information how to manually remove license keys that have been
combined, split, upgraded, or downgraded, see Remove License Keys That
Have Been Combined, Divided, Upgraded, or Downgraded.
f (Optional) To upgrade license keys in your vCenter license inventory that
have upgrade keys available in My VMware, download the
Upgraded_License_Keys.csv report. For information how to manually
upgrade your assets, change your license assignments, and remove the
upgraded license keys, seeUpgrade License Keys in Your vCenter License
Inventory.
g On the Ready to complete page, review the import process summary and
click Finish.
vSphere Web Client a On the Licenses tab, click the Import License Keys Data toolbar icon.
The Import License Keys Data wizard opens.
b On the About this feature page, learn about the tasks that you can complete
with the wizard and click Next.
c On the Upload Import File page of the Import License Keys Data wizard,
click Browse and browse to the .CSV file that you want to upload in your
vSphere environment. Click Next.
After you upload the .CSV file to your vSphere environment, the system
analyzes the data in the file and compares the data to the current license
keys information in your vCenter license inventory. Based on the results of the
analysis, the system concludes what actions you must perform to update your
vCenter license inventory with the current details from your My VMware
environment.
Important Do not open in Microsoft Excel or any other software the .CSV file
that you plan to upload to your vCenter license inventory. Upload only the
original .CSV file after you generate it in My VMware. If you want to preview
the report data in the .CSV file, make a copy of the file and preview the copy
instead. For information how to preview CSV files, seeUsing CSV files.
d On the License keys data analysis, review the results from the .CSV file
analysis and click Next.
For information about the types of actions that the system might recommend
you to perform based on the .CSV file analysis, see Previewing the Results of
the CSV File Analysis.
If the .csv file contains license keys that are missing from the vCenter
license inventory, the system offers you to add those license keys.
e (Optional) On the Add license keys page, select license keys to add to
vCenter Server license inventory.
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If your vCenter license inventory contains all license keys in the
uploaded .CSV file, click Next.
If your vCenter license inventory contains all license keys in the
uploaded .CSV file, the list on the Add License Keys page is empty.
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