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VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 Licenses
Last Updated January 31, 2025

VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 supports multiple types of license keys. Its features are available for use based on these license types.
For more information about the features available with each license key, see Comparing Feature Based on License Edition.
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 6.0 is a major version that requires new license keys. After upgrading to 6.0, all license keys, except the NSX Enterprise Plus will cease to work. You can obtain the new license keys from the MyVMware portal. For more information, see the VMware Knowledge Base Article: 80358.
  • If you do not add the new license key during the upgrade, you get a grace period of seven days. You see a warning message to add the new key on each UI page of the upgraded setup.
  • The warning message with the grace period will continue to display even if you have replaced an older Advanced license key with the new Enterprise key. To deactivate this warning message, remove the Advanced license manually.

Advanced License

The Advanced license is a basic license type which supports a limited number features and addition of a few data sources.

Enterprise License

The Enterprise license supports a complete set of
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 features and supported data sources.
To add
VMware SD-WAN
, you need to use a separate
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 add-on for
VMware SD-WAN
 license based on the number of SD-WAN edges. For more information about
VMware SD-WAN
 license, see #GUID-8228F026-B5ED-41DB-9D61-856C308C50A4_GUID-74B36294-715F-4721-BE5C-EA56008C578B-en.
For information about how the license usage is calculated for Enterprise and Advanced licenses, see License Usage Calculation.

Universal License

The Universal license is a flexible license type designed to accelerate cloud adoption by enabling you to deploy the solution as a SaaS or start on-premises and then move to SaaS interchangeably without repurchasing for a consistent hybrid and multi-cloud management experience.
In
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
, you cannot use the Enterprise license, the Advanced license, or the
VMware SD-WAN
 add-on license with a platform licensed with Universal.

SD-WAN License

The SD-WAN license is a unique license type designed to add
VMware SD-WAN
 as a data source and view your
VMware SD-WAN
 deployment information in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
. To support edges of different bandwidths, you can add multiple
VMware SD-WAN
 license keys.
  • With the
    VMware SD-WAN
     license, you can also add
    VMware vCenter
     without IPFIX, switches, routers, and Infoblox.
  • You can add the
    VMware SD-WAN
     license as a standalone license, or you can use it with an Enterprise license. But you cannot use the
    VMware SD-WAN
     license with an Advanced license.

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