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2 Expand Licensing and click Licenses.
3 Select the Assets tab.
4 Select the vCenter Server systems, Hosts, Clusters or the Solutions option.
5 Select an asset and view the associated features.
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In the vSphere Client, click the Features subtab below the list of assets.
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In the vSphere Web Client, click the View Licensed Features toolbar icon
View the License Key of the License
In vSphere, a license holds a license key for a product. You can view the associated license key for every
license.
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 Licenses tab.
4 Select a license from the list and view the license key.
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In the vSphere Client, click the Summary subtab that is below the list of licenses. Under General,
you can see the llicense name, the expiration date, the state of the license, and the license key.
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In the vSphere Web Client, click the View License Key toolbar icon.
View the Licensed Features for an Asset
Before you start to use a feature on an asset, you can check whether the asset is licensed to use this
feature. For example, to use vSphere HA, you should check whether all hosts in a vSphere HA cluster are
licensed for this feature.
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 Navigate to the vCenter Server system, host, or cluster whose licensed features you want to view.
2 Click the Configure tab.
3 Under System, select Licensing.
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