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Depending on the results from the.CSV le analysis, the system makes conclusions about the status of the
license keys details in your vCenter license inventory and might recommend that you perform some of the
following actions, in order to update your vSphere environment with up-to-date license keys details from
My VMware:
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Update license keys in your vCenter license inventory with details from your My VMware, including
contracts, orders, and so on. The system performs this operation automatically after you complete the
wizard.
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Add to your vCenter license inventory new license keys from My VMware, along with their details. You
must perform this operation manually. To select license keys to add to your vCenter license inventory,
see “Add License Keys to Your vCenter License Inventory,” on page 99
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View license keys in your vCenter license inventory that have been combined, split, upgraded, or
downgraded in My VMware. To view the keys that have been combined, split, upgraded, or
downgraded, download the generated recommendation report at the end of the Import License Keys
Data wizard.
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Upgrade the keys in your vCenter license inventory that have upgrade keys available in My VMware.
To view what keys in your vCenter license inventory have upgrade keys available in My VMware,
download the generated recommendation report at the end of the Import License Keys Data wizard.
Procedure
1 Review the results from the .CSV le analysis.
2 Click Next.
Add License Keys to Your vCenter License Inventory
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.
All license keys in the list are selected by default and are added to your vCenter license inventory when you
complete the Import License Keys Data wizard. If you do not want to add a particular key, deselect it in the
list.
Some of the license keys that you add on the Add license keys page of the wizard might be replacement
keys for inactive keys that are currently in your vCenter license inventory. An inactive key is a key that is
combined, divided, upgraded, or downgraded. To complete the replacement of inactive license keys with
new license keys from My VMware, you must manually remove the inactive keys. For information about
removing inactive license keys, see “Remove License Keys That Have Been Combined, Divided, Upgraded,
or Downgraded,” on page 101
Other license keys that you add on the Add license keys page of the wizard might be upgrade keys for
some old license keys in your vCenter license inventory. To complete the upgrade process of old keys in
your vCenter license inventory with new keys from My VMware, you must manually remove the inactive
keys. For information about completing the license key upgrade process, see “Upgrade License Keys in Your
vCenter License Inventory,” on page 102
Procedure
1 (Optional) If your vCenter license inventory contains all license keys in the uploaded .CSV le, click
Next to proceed to the last step of the wizard and see “Complete the License Key Import Process,” on
page 100.
If your vCenter license inventory contains all license keys in the uploaded .CSV le, the list on the Add
License Keys page is empty.
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