License inventory monitoring Alarm on Host

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• License Inventory Monitoring Alarm is triggered on the host frequently

• • /var/log/vmware/cis-license/license.log reports below errors

MM DD HH:MM:SS Esx_host_fqdn vpxd[7247]: Event [22921713] [1-1] [YYYY-06-16T02:52:04.983335Z] [vim.event.LicenseNonComplianceEvent] [error] [] [] [22921713] [License inventory is not compliant. Licenses are overused]
Jun 16 02:52:04 Host_fqdn vpxd[7247]: Event [22921714] [1-1] [YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.98475Z] 

Quantity    19640

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSSZ invocation-vmomi-executor-3 operationID=5795714f-4cd4-4165-8a1d-9ff50430bb3f  INFO  server.core.management.vmomi.SystemManagementServiceMoImpl searchLicenseUtilizations result: [
LicenseUtilizationImpl
 usage: [
    ProductUsageImpl

costUnitsUsage: [{cpuCore:16core, usage: 19664}]

     productId: 'VMware ESX Server8.0esx.enterprisePlus.cpuCoreMincpuCore:16core'
    ]
 license: {urn:vri:com.vmware.license.license:b06dcf4c-1d9a-443e-9c9e-b8d761d508b8 name: 'ESXI Host 8 Enterprise Plus' [GJ28P-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-0J3DJ]}
 isLicenseAssigned: true, 

19664 > 19640

Environment

vCenter Server 8.0.3

Cause

This issue occurs if the Host licenses are overused.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, we need to correct the license assignments on the host to ensure that the license usage is reduced to a level that falls below the host's actual capacity