6.5.1

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 From the Show drop-down menu, select Unassigned to display only the unassigned licenses.
4 Press Ctrl+A to select all licenses to remove.
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Click Remove Licenses ( ).
6 Review the conrmation 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 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.
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 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.
What to do next
To comply with the EULA of vSphere and the products that you use with vSphere, you should not keep
unassigned licenses in the inventory.
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If any unassigned licenses exist, assign these licenses to assets.
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