Adding a License to VCSA via the Web Client

When you log into the web client you may see a message telling you that your license has or is about to expire. In my lab I started with a trial license. In this post I show how to add a license for vCenter and how to apply it.

You can either click on the ‘Manage your licenses’ link as shown above or browse in the Web Client by going to Administration > Licensing > Licenses then clicking the green +
This will bring up the following screen where you can paste your license key(s).
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Once you click ‘Next; a summary will follow regarding the key(s) you entered and what products they are for. If there is an issue it will tell you that a particular key is not valid. All being well you will see something like below. You can give your license a name such as what it is or perhaps your VMware order number, whatever makes sense to you. In my case I have called it vCenter Server License.
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Clicking ‘Next’ summarizes what keys you will be adding. Click ‘Finish’ to complete.
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Now within the Licenses dialogue you will see any keys that you added along with the name you gave it, usage information and a date if the key will expire.
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We still need to assign the new key to vCenter. In the web client navigation browse to Hosts and Clusters and select the relevant vCenter. In the right hand pane select Manage > Settings > Licensing then select the Assign License button at the right hand side.
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The dialogue that pops up will show you the relevant licenses for the product that we want to assign a licence to. Note only the vCenter license is displayed. Click OK. You will now have licensed the vCenter.
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