6.5.1

Example: Incorrect Use of a CSV File
You export the correct report in My VMware and generate the correct .csv le, but, in order to view the
information more clearly, you open the .csv le 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 formaing 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 le.
Using Generated Recommendation Reports
After you import the .CSV le that you generate in the My VMware reports section to your vCenter license
inventory, the system analyzes the license keys details in that .CSV le and compares the information with
the information in your current vSphere environment. Based on the results from the .CSV le analysis, the
system might generate recommendation reports that you can download and use to manually update your
vSphere license inventory.
N The recommendation reports are only available on the Ready to complete page of the Import License
Keys Data wizard. Download the reports to manually perform the recommended actions.
For information how to remove from your vSphere license inventory existing license keys that have been
combined, divided, upgraded, or downgraded in My VMware, see “Remove License Keys That Have Been
Combined, Divided, Upgraded, or Downgraded,” on page 101
For information how to manually upgrade your assets, change your license assignments, and remove license
keys from your vCenter license inventory that have upgrade keys available in My VMware, see “Upgrade
License Keys in Your vCenter License Inventory,” on page 102
Remove License Keys That Have Been Combined, Divided, Upgraded, or
Downgraded
If you have existing license keys in your vCenter license inventory that are combined, divided, upgraded, or
downgraded in My VMware, use the generated recommendation
Combined_Divided_Upgraded_and_Downgraded_License_Keys.csv report to manually remove these license
keys.
When you add license keys to your vCenter license inventory that the system proposes on the Add license
keys page of the Import License Keys Data wizard, and after you complete the wizard, you update your
vCenter license inventory with new license keys and license keys that are replacement for some inactive
keys in your vCenter license inventory. An inactive key is a key that is combined, divided, upgraded, or
downgraded. To complete the replacement of inactive keys with new keys from My VMware, you must
manually remove the keys that the Combined_Divided_Upgraded_and_Downgraded_License_Keys.csv report
indicates as inactive.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have the Combined_Divided_Upgraded_and_Downgraded_License_Keys.csv report that is only
available to download on the Ready to complete page of the Import License Keys Data wizard.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Administration, and under Licensing, select Licenses.
2 Select the Licenses tab.
3 Open your Combined_Divided_Upgraded_and_Downgraded_License_Keys.csv le and locate the Inactive
Key in Use in vCenter column.
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