Applying IBM Cloud®-issued licenses for VMware vSphere

Many VMware® Add-on licenses can be purchased directly and stored on the IBM Cloud infrastructure customer portal. After a license is purchased, you need to apply the license to your vSphere Hosts by using the following steps.

1. Log in to the IBM Cloud catalog.
2. Go to Devices > Manage > VMware licenses.
3. Note the VMware License key.
4. Log in to your vCenter Instances.
5. Go to Administration > Licensing > Licenses.
   • From here, you can see what licenses that are applied and apply new licenses to your account.
6. To apply a new license to your account, click the green plus [+].
7. Enter your license keys, one per line and click Next.
8. Enter an appropriate License name.
9. Click Finish.