About License Pools; Viewing Your License Key; Assigning Group Licenses - Dell PowerVault DL4000 User Manual

About License Pools

The license pool is used to administer non-trial licenses. The number assigned to the pool indicates how many licenses
can be allocated. Each group maintains a number (or pool) of allocated licenses. A license pool with zero (0) defined,
represents an unlimited pool of licenses. For example, if the license pool is set to 50, a group can allocate a maximum of
50 licenses across the group and subgroups. After the threshold of group licenses is met, if additional agent licenses are
needed, these agents need to use trial licenses, and a notification e-mail is sent to the group administrator with the
following message:
The license pool has been exhausted but the machine <machine name> for group
<group name> is being protected for 14 days. Please contact <group company
name>, <group company email> to acquire more licenses.
License pools can be set at the group and subgroup levels. If the license pool is set to zero (0) for the group, an unlimited
number of licenses can be distributed for the group. If the license pool is set to zero (0) for a subgroup, all licenses are
allocated from the parent group. If you enter zero (0) for a subgroup, you automatically indicate to draw licenses from
the parent group.
Administrators can also choose to define a value (greater than zero (0)) for the license pool and set the Draw licenses
from a parent group option. Doing so specifies that no less than the quantity of licenses defined for the license pool are
allocated.

Viewing Your License Key

To view your license key using the license portal:
1. On the AppAssure 5 License Portal Home page, select a group.
2. Click License Key.
The License Key dialog box is displayed showing the license key associated with the Core for your group.

Assigning Group Licenses

NOTE: Only users with administrative rights can add group licenses.
To assign group licenses:
1. On the Home page in the AppAssure 5 License Portal, select a group, and then select Settings from the drop-down
list.
The Settings dialog box is displayed.
2. Click the Licensing tab and in the Licensing Pool area of the Licensing tab, enter the information as described
below.
Text Box
License Pool
License Pool Used
License Pool
Reserved
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Description
Enter the number of licenses for the group. The License Pool represents the number of
licenses for the group.
Represents the number of licenses that are being used by agents.
Represents the sum of license pools reserved by subgroups.