VCPgeeks: How to Divide & Combine vSphere 4.x license keys

Monday, January 24, 2011

To divide vSphere 4.x license keys:

Go to http://www.vmware.com/account/login.do and log in to the license portal.
Expand the product edition (e.g vSphere 4 Standard) under Your VMware Product License Keys to view the available license keys.
Click Divide.
Select the license you wish to Divide by clicking on the associated radio button.
Click Continue.

You can review the order information for the license you wish to split and decide how many new licenses you want to generate.
Enter the count for each of the new license keys.
Click Continue.

On the confirmation page, you can review the split operation. A warning message appears.
Click Confirm.

A dialog is displayed while the operation is in progress. When the Split Operation is complete, you return to the Licensing page. The original license key is no longer visible in the portal and you see the newly generated license keys indicated by New.

To combine the vSphere 4.x license keys:

Go to http://www.vmware.com/account/login.do and log in to the license portal.
Expand the product edition (e.g vSphere 4 Standard) under Your VMware Product License Keys to view the available license keys.

Note: You cannot combine license keys that belong to different editions. For example you cannot combine a vSphere Standard License key with a vSphere Enterprise License Key.
Click Combine.
Select the licenses you wish to combine by clicking on the associated check boxes
Click Continue.

On the confirmation page, you have a chance to review the combine operation. A warning message appears.
Click Confirm to proceed with the combine operation.

A dialog is displayed while the operation is in progress. When the Combine Operation completes, you return to the Licensing page. The original license keys are no longer visible in the portal. You see the newly generated license keys indicated by New.

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