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name: vmwaresolutions-zerto_ordering_licenses
title: Ordering HPE Zerto Software stand-alone licenses
description: As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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# Ordering HPE Zerto Software stand-alone licenses
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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You can order a HPE Zerto Software license without associating it to any VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instance for licensing and activation of your on-premises workloads.

## Before you begin
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Ensure that you configured the IBM Cloud® infrastructure credentials on the **Settings** page. For more information, see [Managing user accounts and settings](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-useraccount&format=markdown).

You must have a billable IBM Cloud account to order HPE Zerto Software licenses and the account must be linked to the IBM Cloud infrastructure account where your instance is deployed. For more information, see [Billing for HPE Zerto Software Replication replication](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-zerto_ordering&format=markdown#zerto_ordering-billing).
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## Procedure to order HPE Zerto Software stand-alone licenses
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1. In the VMware Solutions console, click **Resources > VCF for VPC** from the left navigation panel.
2. Scroll down to the **HPE Zerto Software licenses** table and click **Create new**.
3. On the **HPE Zerto Software license** page, specify the resource group.

   Click **Browse configurations** to open the configuration manager side pane. Here, you can choose a configuration from the list of saved templates to update it and then save it as a new configuration template.

4. Specify the name of the organization or company that the license is created for.
5. Specify a new license name or use the default name **zerto-_xx_** where _xx_ represents two randomly generated alphabetic characters.
6. In the **License notes** field, optionally enter a note. For example, you can enter a note to help you identify associated instances.
7. Specify the number of virtual machines (VMs) you want to license. The range is 1 - 1000.
8. Click the link or links of the license agreements that apply to your order and ensure that you agree with them before you order the license.
9. Click **Add to estimate**, **Upgrade**, or **Create**. The **Upgrade** option is displayed if you must upgrade your IBM Cloud account to a billable account.

   Within 15 days, you must configure the Call Home feature for HPE Zerto Software. If you do not complete the configuration in this time frame, HPE Zerto Software blocks certain management activities. For more information about the Call Home feature for HPE Zerto Software, see [Considerations for ordering HPE Zerto Software](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-zerto_ordering&format=markdown#zerto_ordering-private-only).
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## Results
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1. The status changes to **Ordering** when you submit your order.
2. When IBM Support receives your order, a license key request is sent to HPE Zerto Software and the status changes to **Completed**.
3. IBM Support sends the key to the email address that is associated with the order, typically within two business days.

   The email address is added by default to the **Email address** field of the order.
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## Related links
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* [HPE Zerto Software overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-addingzertodr&format=markdown)
* [Managing HPE Zerto Software](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-managingzertodr&format=markdown)
* [Managing HPE Zerto Software stand-alone licenses](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-zerto_managing_licenses&format=markdown)
* [HPE Zerto Software technical documentation](https://www.zerto.com/myzerto/technical-documentation/){: external}