Licensing group based on OSI but hosts get "invalid license" watermark

[Alfredj1204]

In vROps 6.7 I would like to create a license group based on OSI (vm), not CPU (host). I do not have enough licenses based on host cpu, but I do have enough licenses based on the number of vms.

In the license group, if I only create a Virtual Machine criteria then all my hosts have the "invalid license watermark". When I add a second criteria in the license group with an OR and select "Host System", then the watermark disappears but a warning comes up about not having enough CPU licenses.

Questions:

1. In my understanding, licensing on the vm level also means all hosts they run on are licensed, correct?

2. If so, how should I setup the license groups to accomplish this?

[RickVerstegen]

Hi,

It is possible in vRealize Operations Manager to mix Operating System Instance (OSI) and CPU based licenses.

If you mix different kind of licenses you need to create separate license groups for each type of license keys (one for CPU and one for OSI (VM)). It is recommended that you use non overlapping exclusive Licensing Groups to have the best advantage when you mix OSI (VM) and CPU licensing.

For more information have a look at VMware Knowledge Base

Does this help you?