Error: Enabling vSAN Replication requires VMware Live Recovery license in VLR 9.0.5.1
Article ID: 447941
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Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
When configuring vSAN Data Protection's replication for a VM, the task fails with error:
"Enabling vSAN Replication requires VMware Live Recovery license."
A valid subscription-based VMware Live Recovery license is applied in vCenter, but appears as "vCenter Site Recovery Manager Enterprise" with an expiry date of "Never":
Environment
VMware Live Recovery (VLR) 9.0.3, 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 9.0.5.1
VMware Protection and Recovery 9.1.0.0
Cause
Due to an issue in the Broadcom licensing tool, VLR subscription keys generated between April 20, 2026, and July 1, 2026, were produced without expiration dates, causing them to be misidentified as perpetual SRM keys.
Resolution
The issue with the Broadcom licensing tool has been fixed.
To resolve the license identification error:
Ensure that VMware Live Recovery appliance is on version 9.0.5.1 if it was on 9.0.3, 9.0.4 or 9.0.5. See Download Broadcom products, patches and software to download this release.
If Protection and Recovery appliance 9.1.0.0 was used, upgrade it to 9.1.0.0100.
Split and merge the existing VLR license on the Broadcom Support Portal to regenerate the key with the correct expiry metadata.
Add the new license key to the vCenter.
Additional Information
Ensure the appliance is upgraded to the above specific version, else when trying to add the license an "Invalid license key" error will be observed. Purchasing, Renewing or splitting license fails for VMware Live Recovery
To perform split and merge of the license, refer:
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