Managing VMware Aria Universal Suite licenses in the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Locker

The Locker service within VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle helps you to manage VMware Aria Universal Suite licenses for your VMware Aria Universal Suite subscription and collect daily data usage data for associated products and services.

When you purchase VMware Aria Universal Suite subscription, you receive access to VMware Aria Subscription, which is a complimentary utility service. With VMware Aria Subscription, you can add endpoints and monitor the data usage for your VMware Aria Universal Suite subscription services.

You must create VMware Aria Universal Suite licenses at the Locker level in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, and then connect these licenses to VMware Aria Subscription to monitor your cloud data usage.

For more information about VMware Aria Subscription, refer to the product documentation.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have registered with VMware Customer Connect (previously My VMware) to access licenses.

Procedure

1. If you do not have My VMware account, navigate to the VMware Aria Operations for Integrations dashboard, and then click Settings.
2. Click My VMware and add a VMware Aria Automation cloud account.
3. After your My VMware accounts are configured, then the corresponding license keys are synced.
4. From the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle dashboard, click Locker.
5. Click the License icon. The VMware Aria Universal Suite licenses are created under My VMware account and are displayed in the licenses table.
6. To re-sync licenses from My VMware account, click Retrieve Licenses.
7. If you already have products deployed, then import these products in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, and then apply the VMware Aria Universal Suite licenses to these products captured in locker. If there are no existing products present, then you can use the VMware Aria Universal Suite licenses present in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle locker for product deployment. For more information, see Manage licenses for a VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle products .
8. If you have already downloaded your license, you can add the license details in the locker.
9. To connect a license to VMware Aria Universal Suite subscription, select a license which is displayed in the license table, and then right-click the vertical ellipses.
   1. Click Connect License.
   2. Under API Token, generate an API token from your user account for VMware Aria Universal Suite subscription, and then click Next.
   3. Under Match License Key, the VMware Aria Subscription finds a correct match for the provided API token, and lists out the organization details.
   4. Under Report Frequency, you will receive a confirmation that you are connected to VMware Aria Subscription, and your data usage is reported to VMware Aria Subscription twice a day.
   5. Click Finish.
10. To disconnect a license in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, right-click the vertical ellipses, and then click Disconnect License.
11. To trigger the license usage for a product, select a license from the license table, and then right-click the vertical ellipses.
    1. Click Sync Usage.
    2. You can download the usage sync report to view the data usage for the products.
12. To view the data consumption report, select a license, and then right-click the vertical ellipses.
    1. Click Generate Report.
    2. To view a graphical representation of the report, click GENERATE on the Generate Report page.
    3. To download the report for a maximum period of 120 days, click DOWNLOAD.