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The license usage for products over the selected time period is exported in a CSV le. The CSV le is
contained in a .zip le that is saved to the location that you specied.
The exported report contains raw data about the license usage of products over the selected period. The
rows of the exported CSV le list the license usage snapshots that the License Service has collected daily
over the selected period. You can use third-party tools to open the CSV report and analyse its data.
A license usage snapshot contains data about the assigned licenses, associated products, license expiration
date, license units (cost units), capacity, usage, asset ID, and so on. Permanent licenses do not have an
expiration date listed. vCloud Suite is licensed on per CPU basis, and so, the license usage for vCloud Suite
products is reected only for ESXi hosts that are assigned licenses from the corresponding vCloud Suite
editions.
Importing License Keys Data from My VMware
With vSphere 6.5 and later, VMware starts oering the Import My VMware License Key Data feature that
you can use to import license keys and license key data from My VMware to your vSphere environment.
The Import My VMware License Key Data feature helps you keep your vCenter Server license keys data
synchronized with the license keys data in My VMware. To import license keys data, you use a .CSV le that
you generate in the My VMware reports section. After you import the .CSV le, you can view the My
VMware data in the License List and the License Summary.
With the import feature, you can complete the following tasks:
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Add or update My VMware license keys details, such as notes, custom labels, contracts, orders, and so
on, in your vCenter license inventory.
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Add license keys from My VMware to your vCenter license inventory.
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Identify any license keys in your vCenter license inventory that have been combined, divided,
upgraded, or downgraded in My VMware to help you with license compliance.
Import License Keys Data
Use the Import My VMware License Key Data feature to keep your vSphere environment synchronized with
your My VMware environment.
To import license keys data and synchronize your vSphere environment with your My VMware
environment, follow the Import License Keys Data wizard.
Procedure
1 Learn How to Generate a CSV File on page 97
To update your vCenter license inventory with the license keys details in your My VMware
environment, generate a Products, Licenses, Details, and History .CSV le in your My VMware reports
section. Upload the .CSV le to vSphere.
2 Upload an Import File on page 98
To import license keys data and synchronize your vSphere environment with your My VMware
environment, use the Import My License Keys Data wizard to upload a Products, Licenses, Details,
and History .CSV le that you generate in the My VMware reports section.
3 Preview the Results of the Imported CSV File Analysis on page 98
To determine what actions you must perform in order to update your vCenter license inventory with
the current details from your My VMware environment, review the results from the .CSV le analysis.
4 Add License Keys to Your vCenter License Inventory on page 99
The system analyzes whether the uploaded .csv le contains My VMware license keys that are
missing from your vCenter license inventory. If the .csv le contains such missing license keys, the
system oers you to add those license keys to your vCenter license inventory.
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