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The components from a vCloud Suite edition are activated with a single license key. For example, if you
have a license key for vCloud Suite Standard, you assign the same key to all assets that will run vCloud
Suite. For example, such assets include ESXi hosts, vCloud Automation Center, vCloud Director, and others.
All virtual machines running on a CPU licensed with a vCloud Suite edition can use all components
included in that vCloud Suite edition. You can run unlimited number of virtual machines on the CPUs that
are licensed with a vCloud Suite edition. To run virtual machines on CPUs that are not licensed for vCloud
Suite, you need individual licenses for the products that you want to use.
For more information about the licensing model of vCloud Suite, see the vCloud Suite documentation.
Licensing for vSphere
®
with Operations Management
VMware vSphere
®
with Operations Management™ combines vSphere and vCenter™ Operations
ManagementSuite™ Standard under a single suite with a single license. vSphere with Operations
Management lets you gain operational insight in vSphere and optimize resource allocation by providing
monitoring, performance, and capacity information about the vSphere environment.
vSphere with Operations Management is licensed on a per-processor basis. To run vSphere with Operations
Management, you must assign ESXi hosts a vSphere with Operations Management license. You can run
unlimited number of virtual machines on the hosts that are licensed for vSphere with Operations
Management.
Managing Licenses
To license an asset in vSphere, you must assign it a license that holds an appropriate product license key.
You can use the license management functionality in the vSphere Web Client to license multiple assets at a
time from a central place. Assets are vCenter Server systems, hosts, vSAN clusters, and solutions.
In vSphere, you can assign one license to multiple assets of the same type if the license has enough capacity.
You can assign a suite license to all components that belong to the suite product edition. For example, you
can assign one vSphere license to multiple ESXi hosts, but you cannot assign two licenses to one host. If you
have a vCloud Suite license, you can assign the license to ESXi hosts, vCloud Networking and Security,
vCenter Site Recovery Manager, and so on.
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bctid=video_manage_vsphere_license)
Create New Licenses
When you purchase, divide, or combine license keys in My VMware, you must use the new keys to license
assets in your vSphere environment. You must go to the vSphere Web Client and create a new license object
for every license key. In the vSphere Web Client, a license is a container for a license key of a VMware
product. After you create the new licenses, you can assign them to assets.
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 Web Client runs.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Administration, and under Licensing, select Licenses.
2 Select the Licenses tab.
3
Click the Create New Licenses ( ) icon.
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