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License Status

The details of the license applied on the Gateway is available by navigating to the following menu

  1. Open the Management console and expand HOST MAINTENANCE
  2. Click on the License Status sub-menu

This page provides a summary of the current license information on the HySecure gateway. The different information available on this page is described below

Field Status
License Feature: Describes the type of license installed. Generally Concurrent User but can list add-on licenses such as Cluster and Endpoint Security.
Details: Lists extra information about the license i.e. whether evaluation or production.
Status: This field lists the number of concurrent users allowed by the License.
Expiration Date: Date on which the license will expire.

Note : For more detailed information on HySecure licensing go to the licensing section in the administrators guide.

Important

  1. HySecure cluster uses a single license applied on the Primary HySecure Cluster Manager node.

  2. The Primary Cluster Manager node, shares the same license copy with all other nodes in the cluster.

  3. When Primary Cluster Manager node is not available, the Secondary Cluster Manager provides the license information to the other nodes in the cluster.

In order to obtain the license and activate it, click on the Get New License button. The license can be activated and applied either online or offline

Register Gateway With License Server

The first step in activating license key is to register the Serial key which is received from the reseller. In case the Serial key is registered by the reseller, then you should have the credentials of the user registered on Accops License Server, along with the Serial Key.

In case the Serial key is not registered with the Accops License Server, follow the steps to register it

  1. On the License Status page, click on Get New License button

  2. On the "Get New License" page, click on the Not Registered Yet ? link and provide information involving the Serial Key, Organization details and the credentials you want to register with.

  3. Click on Register button to register the serial key against the user credentials provided, on the License Server.

Online License Activation

Pre-requisites

  1. Ensure that the Gateway is Registered with Accops License Server.

  2. Ensure that the Gateway State is set to Configuration State

Steps For Online Activation

On the License Status page, click on Get New License and enter the information indicated in the table below. Click on Apply License button.

The HySecure server will contact online Accops license server and retrieve the license details after user authentication. The license will be then applied to the HySecure server and details will be uploaded on the Management console. The activated license details can then be confirmed from the License Status page

# Field Description
1 Serial Key Enter the Serial key received from the reseller. Contact him if you haven't received it.
2 Username Enter the username which you created while registering the Serial Key with the Accops License Server
3 Password Enter the password for the username with which you registered on the Accops License Server

Important

HySecure server must have direct access to Internet to register the Serial Key with online Accops License Server. Choose Apply License(Offline) in case it does not have access to Internet. Refer to next section for details

Offline License Activation

Offline Activation is usually done when the HySecure server is not connected to Internet or access to Internet is via Proxy server.

Pre-requisites

  1. Ensure that the Gateway is Registered with Accops License Server and the Serial key along with logon credentials to the Accops License Server are available.

  2. Ensure that the Gateway State is set to Configuration State

Generate License Request

On the License Status page, click on Get New License. Enter the Serial key received from your reseller and the user credentials which were set while registering with the license server. Click on Apply License(Offline) button.

An encrypted license request key will be displayed on the following screen. Leave this screen open and visit Accops License Server online.

Generate License Key on Accops License Portal

HySecure Administrator can click on Click here to go to License server link to visit Accops Online License Server. HySecure administrator's desktop must have Internet access to be able to visit Accops online License Server.

Login into Accops License Server using the provided credentials and go to Offline Activation tab.

Paste the encrypted license request data from the HySecure management to LicenseServer and click on Activate.

An encrypted license key is generated. Copy this encrypted license key.

Apply License Key on Gateway

Paste the created encrypted license key data into HySecure Management console and Press Apply License to apply the license on the server.

This completes the Offline License Activation.