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4 Use the filters to display only the unassigned licenses.
Client Options
vSphere Client
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Click the filter icon ( ) in the State column.
A text box appears.
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Type what licenses you want to display (unassigned or assigned).
vSphere Web Client From the Show drop-down menu, select Unassigned to display only the
unassigned licenses.
5 Select a license to remove or press Ctrl+A to select all licenses.
6 Click Remove Licenses, review the confirmation message, and click Yes.
Viewing Licensing Information
You can view the licensing state of the vSphere environment from a central place by using the license
management functionality in the vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client. You can view the licenses
that are available in vSphere, current license assignments and usage, available license capacity, licensed
features in use, and so on.
View Licensing Information About the vSphere Environment
You can view the available licenses in vSphere along with their expiration dates, available capacity, and
usage. You can also view the available products and assets.
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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 a tab for the licensing information that you want to view.
Tab Description
Licenses Lists all licenses that are available in the vSphere environment. For every license,
you can view the associated license key, license usage, license capacity, and
expiration date.
Products Lists the products that have licenses available in the vSphere environment. You
can view the licenses that are available for every product, licensed features,
license usage, and license capacity.
Assets Displays licensing information about the assets that are available in the vSphere
environment. Assets are vCenter Server systems, hosts, vSAN clusters, and
other products that you use with vSphere that are listed under Solutions.
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