View compliance analysis results related to VMware on the Software Publisher Analytics dashboard in the Software Asset Management classic application.

Access the Software Publisher Analytics dashboard by navigating to All > Software Asset > Publisher Overview.
Note: The add-on VMware publisher pack (com.sn_samp_vmware) plugin must be installed to view the VMware dashboard tab.

The dashboard is updated whenever a new reconciliation result is available. You can save charts in PNG or JPG format.

VMware dashboard

Information from VMware vCenter software is discovered and used for VMware reconciliation. Discovery uses these probes and populates these tables:
  • vCenter probe VMware — vCenter ESX Hosts License
  • VMware Discovered License Key [samp_vmware_license_key] and VMware Discovered License Key Consumption [samp_vmware_license_key_usage] tables

For more information, see vCenter discovery with Software Asset Management.

Note: The add-on VMware publisher pack (com.sn_samp_vmware) plugin must be installed to view the VMware dashboard tab.
Software Publisher Analytics dashboard for VMware.
Table 1. VMware tab
ReportSource listDescription
Products out of Compliance Product Results Number of products that have at least one software model out of compliance.

Select the report to view the results in the Software license usage.
Over-licensed Amount Product Results Cost of licenses owned but not being used.
True-up Cost Product Results Cost to be compliant based on the average prices for entitlements for the rights.
Top 5 Installed Products Software Installations Count of top 5 VMware products installed.
vSphere Territorial Non-compliance VMware Discovered License Key Consumptions Compliance of VMware vCenter deployments. Drill down on the location to filter.
ESX Servers by Region ESX Servers Location, ESX count, CPU count, and cores count.
Audit View VMware Discovered License Key Consumptions VMware vSphere deployments: Product, License Key, Used By, Assigned To, Location, CPU core count, CPU count, vCenter reference, evaluation expiration date, and software install.
VMware Software Lifecycle Report Software Lifecycle Report Number of products in each software lifecycle phase, including End of Extended Support, End of Life, and End of Support.

The vSphere Deployment related link shows the VMware Discovered License Key Consumptions list.