Stacking Virtual Datacenter Licenses

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I've been handed over the reigns for our companies Satellite installation and thus far, there have only been a few issues, but I am still learning this product. This one is confusing. We are not supposed to be able to stack Virtual licenses, yet only one guest seems to be complaining.

I have multiple virtual machines, all with three virtual sockets. All are fully entitled, one is partially entitled; however, according to both Satellite and subscription manager, the same subscription is being used, on the same host, for these two guests.

Note: these two servers are identical. One was cloned from the other. All updates applied, RHEL 7.4. Only difference is name/IP, of course.

server01# subscription-manager list --consumed
+-------------------------------------------+
   Consumed Subscriptions
+-------------------------------------------+
Subscription Name:   Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters with Smart Management, Standard
...
Pool ID:             8a4c98--------------0006
Provides Management: Yes
Active:              True
Quantity Used:       1
Service Level:       Standard
Service Type:        L1-L3
Status Details:      Subscription is current
Subscription Type:   Standard
Starts:              10/11/16
Ends:                09/11/19
System Type:         Virtual

server02# subscription-manager list --consumed
+-------------------------------------------+
   Consumed Subscriptions
+-------------------------------------------+
Subscription Name:   Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters with Smart Management, Standard
...
Pool ID:             8a4c98--------------0006
Provides Management: Yes
Active:              True
Quantity Used:       1
Service Level:       Standard
Service Type:        L1-L3
Status Details:      Subscription is current
Subscription Type:   Standard
Starts:              10/11/16
Ends:                09/11/19
System Type:         Virtual
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