You must activate your VMware Aria Universal Suite licenses to perform the available license actions.
Prerequisites
Prior to applying a license, you can choose one of the following options.
You can use an existing VMware Cloud Services Data Collector or you can perform a fresh VMware Cloud Services Data Collector installation to connect to your on-premises VMware Aria Suite instances.
If you have an existing VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, then you can apply the VMware Aria Universal Suite licenses in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
Procedure
- Use your VMware Cloud administrator credentials and log in to the VMware Cloud Services console.
- Select Services, and then click the VMware Aria Hub Subscription service tile.
- From the left menu, click License Management.
- Choose your preferred option, and then click Apply License.
- Select your VMware Customer Connect credentials.
If you want to add a new Customer Connect account, perform the following steps.
From the left menu, select Settings, and then select VMware Customer Connect.
Click ADD VMWARE CUSTOMER CONNECT.
Enter the user name and password, and then click VALIDATE & SAVE.
To update an existing Customer Connect account, perform the following steps.
Select VMware Customer Connect, and then select the required account and click UPDATE.
Enter the user name and password, and then click VALIDATE & SAVE.
To delete an existing Customer Connect account, ensure that the endpoint does not have any license associated with the Customer Connect account.
Click Refresh to sync the licenses from Customer Connect to VMware Aria Hub Subscription.
- Select the license to activate your on-premises product and click NEXT.
- Select the cloud proxy and click Next.
Note:
Ensure that the status of the selected cloud proxy is active.
If you want to add a cloud proxy, go to Configuring a Cloud Proxy in VMware Aria Hub Subscription.
If you want to use an existing cloud proxy available in the same organization under a different cloud service, click EXISTING CLOUD PROXY and click ADD. You can only use an existing cloud proxy if you are using the US region.
- Under Add Product, select the Product Type from the drop-down menu, and then select the Version.
- Enter the FQDN/IP Address.
- Based on the selected product, you can select the Admin Password or the Root Password.
- Select the check box to remove all the perpetual licenses from the selected product, if required.
- Click Validate & Add. When the validation is complete, click Next.
Licenses existing on the product belong only to the subscriptions redeemed in the current organization. Ensure all the Customer Connect details in the current organization are added to the Settings page.
- You can validate the details and click Finish.
What to do next
You can view the new VMware Aria Universal Suite on-premises licenses added in the License Management page. You can perform the following actions:
On the Product License card:
- Click Refresh icon to sync with the product and retrieve the latest license details.
- Click Details to view the license details.
