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2 Click the Configure tab.
Option Description
vSphere Client a Right-click your vSAN cluster, and choose menu Assign License.
b Select a licensing option.
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Select an existing license and click OK.
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Create a vSAN license.
a TO BE ADDED
b TO BE ADDED
c TO BE ADDED
d TO BE ADDED
e TO BE ADDED
vSphere Web Client a Under Configuration, select Licensing, and click Assign License.
b Select a licensing option.
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Select an existing license and click OK.
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Create a vSAN license.
a
Click the Create New License ( ) icon.
b In the New Licenses dialog box, type or copy and paste a vSAN
license key and click Next.
c On the Edit license names page, rename the new license as
appropriate and click Next.
d Click Finish.
e In the Assign License dialog box, select the newly created license,
and click OK.
Set Assets to Evaluation Mode
To explore the complete set of features available for an asset, you can set it to evaluation mode.
Different products have different terms for using their evaluation mode. Before you set an asset to
evaluation mode, you should consider the specifics for using the evaluation mode of its associated
product. For details, see the licensing model documentation for the relevant product at Licensing for
Products in vSphere
Prerequisites
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To view and manage licenses in the vSphere environment, you must have the Global.Licenses
privilege on the vCenter Server system, where the vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client runs.
Procedure
1 Click Menu > Administration.
2 Expand Licensing and click Licenses.
3 Select the Assets tab.
4 Select the vCenter Server systems, Hosts, Clusters, or Solutions tab.
5 Select the asset that you want to set to evaluation mode.
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