Review Installed Licenses

In any environment, it is important to know which licenses are currently in use, and whether all licenses are being leveraged appropriately. Once licenses have been installed and assigned, it is important to review them for compliance and to ensure they are assigned appropriately.

New licenses are often purchased along with new equipment. In other situations, equipment is replaced, and it is necessary to reassign licenses from older equipment to newer equipment.

VMware has provided a reporting function in the Licensing component of vCenter Server. Reporting can be viewed by Product, License Key, or Asset. This reporting function replaces the VMware Licensing Portal, which can only be accessed with Internet connectivity to VMware’s website and provides only the ability to view purchased licenses. By using the reporting function in vSphere, you can easily determine which assets are using licenses.