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Add to your vCenter license inventory new license keys from My VMware, along with their details. You
must perform this operation manually. To select license keys to add to your vCenter license inventory,
follow the prompts in Synchronize Licenses wizard. See Synchronize Licenses.
Note Some of the license keys that you add might be replacement keys for inactive keys that are
currently in your vCenter license inventory. An inactive key is a key that is combined, divided,
upgraded, or downgraded. To complete the replacement of inactive license keys with new license
keys from My VMware, you must manually remove the inactive keys. For information about removing
inactive license keys, see Remove License Keys That Have Been Combined, Divided, Upgraded, or
Downgraded
Other license keys that you add on the Add license keys page of the wizard might be upgrade keys
for some old license keys in your vCenter license inventory. To complete the upgrade process of old
keys in your vCenter license inventory with new keys from My VMware, you must manually remove
the inactive keys. For information about completing the license key upgrade process, see Upgrade
License Keys in Your vCenter License Inventory
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View license keys in your vCenter license inventory that have been combined, split, upgraded, or
downgraded in My VMware. To view the keys that have been combined, split, upgraded, or
downgraded, download the generated recommendation report at the end of the Synchronize
Licenses wizard.
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Upgrade the keys in your vCenter license inventory that have upgrade keys available in My VMware.
To view what keys in your vCenter license inventory have upgrade keys available in My VMware,
download the generated recommendation report at the end of the Synchronize Licenses wizard.
Using CSV files
If you want to preview the data in a .CSV file before you import the file to vSphere, VMware recommends
that you make a copy of the .csv file. Do not open the original file in Microsoft Excel as this might change
the data formats of certain cells, which might cause issues in future releases.
If you attempt to import a .csv file that you first open in another program, the Import License Keys Data
wizard displays a warning that the file you use is not in the correct format, and that some of the data
might not be available in vSphere.
Even if you successfully import the .csv file after you reformat it, the reformatting might corrupt the data,
which might cause the last page of the wizard recommend some invalid actions.
Example: Incorrect Use of a CSV File
You export the correct report in My VMware and generate the correct .csv file, but, in order to view the
information more clearly, you open the .csv file in Microsoft Excel and reformat dates and numbers, such
as the contract start and end date, the order date, the order quantity. For instance, you change the
formatting of the date from 11.10.2015 to 10/11/15, which might cause the UI to display missing data
for some of the columns of the .csv file.
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