# License

## Overview

HPE Morpheus Enterprise requires a valid license for provisioning new Instances, Apps and Hosts, and converting existing Instances and Hosts to managed. Licenses can be applied and updated in this section, and the current license status can be checked.

NOTE

HPE Morpheus Enterprise is licensed for a certain number of concurrent workload elements (WLEs) that may be managed or inventoried at any one time. See our [Knowledge Base](https://support.morpheusdata.com/s/article/What-is-a-Workload-Element-or-WE-for-purposes-of-Morpheus-licensing?language=en_US) for specific information on the types of WLEs that count against HPE Morpheus Enterprise licensing.

## Current License

If a License Key has already been applied, it will be shown in the list of Current Licenses. This page also contains useful information on license usage including start and end dates for the license, the total number of HVM sockets licensed, and how many of the licensed HVM sockets have been used.

NOTE

Once a current License expires or has reached its limits, users will no longer be able to provision new Instances or Clusters and will not be able to convert existing VMs to managed. HPE Morpheus VM Essentials will otherwise continue to function.

![The license settings page](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007510en_us/GUID-DEE9EE99-95C7-48D3-9CA5-26BD14693D4D-high.png)

## Upgrade License Key

### About this task

To add a new or update an existing License:

### Procedure

1. Copy the license key into the large text area at the bottom of the page
2. Click UPDATE

### Results

If valid, the new License will be applied. Note that the new license may replace an existing license or may stack onto an existing license.

## Request new License

To request a new license, use the [My HPE Software Center](https://myenterpriselicense.hpe.com) or contact your account manager.
