If the current license on a system expires, or if you want to access Horizon 7 features that are currently unlicensed, you can use Horizon Administrator to change the product license key. Based on your Horizon 7 deployment on VMware Horizon Cloud Service, you can get either a perpetual license or a subscription license for Horizon 7. You can use Horizon Administrator to change from the license mode from a subscription license to a perpetual license and vice versa for a pod.

You can add a license to Horizon 7 while Horizon 7 is running. You do not need to reboot the system, and access to desktops and applications is not interrupted.

Prerequisites

  • For the successful operation of Horizon 7 and add-on features such as View Composer and published applications, obtain a valid product license key.
  • To use a subscription license, verify that you enable Horizon 7 for a subscription license. See, the Horizon 7 Installation document. The Licensing panel displays information about the subscription license for the Horizon 7 pod.

Procedure

  1. In Horizon Administrator, select View Configuration > Product Licensing and Usage.
    The first and last five characters of the current license key are displayed in the Licensing panel.
  2. To edit the license key, click Edit License, enter the license serial number and click OK.
    The Licensing panel shows the updated licensing information.
  3. (Optional) To change from a subscription license to a perpetual license for a Horizon 7 pod, click Use Perpetual License and click OK.
    The Licensing panel shows the updated licensing information.
  4. To change from a perpetual license to a subscription license for a Horizon 7 pod, click Use Subscription License and click OK. The VMware Horizon Cloud Service administrator can then enable the Horizon 7 pod for a subscription license.
    The Licensing panel shows the updated licensing information.
  5. Verify the license expiration date.
  6. Verify that the Desktop, Application Remoting, and View Composer licenses are enabled or disabled, based on the edition of VMware Horizon 7 that your product license entitles you to use.

    Not all features and capabilities of VMware Horizon 7 are available in all editions. For a comparison of feature sets in each edition, see http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/horizon-view/VMware-Horizon-View-Pricing-Licensing-FAQ.pdf.

  7. Verify that the licensing usage model matches the model that is used in your product license.
    Usage is counted by the number of named users or concurrent users, depending on the edition and usage agreement for your product license.