In order to enable product and licensing downloads in lifecycle manager we need to go to Lifecycle Operations

The image shows a menu with options for lifecycle operations, locker, identity and tenant management, content management, and marketplace.

Settings -> My vmware

Settings page with options for VMware management, including VMware details, logs, patches, and upgrades.

Add my vmware account. Make sure the account added has a proper entitlement to perform downloads and patches.

With the releases of 8.x and above we now have a password vault that we need to add the passwords to. When presented with the add my VMware Account Detail screen press on Click here to add a new password

Add VMware account details; username required, credential mandatory.

Type in the details for your password and press add

Add password details: alias, password, confirm, description, username.

Click on Select Credential and add the new password you created, add the username, click validate and then add

Add VMware account details: username, select credential, validate, add.

After the process is complete the product will automatically start downloading the licensing information from the my vmware portal and it will also allow us to download binaries from the add binaries page