Applying Individual Licenses to Systems

As systems are added to the Central Configuration Manager, they appear as unlicensed until a license has been assigned.

An unlicensed system is displayed as having (No License Assigned) and is identified by a symbol next to the system name in the Systems tab of Central Configuration Manager.-

Systems must be defined within Device Manager before they can be added to Central Configuration Manager.

To apply a license:

NOTE: Spare licenses must be available for the Operating System to which the unlicensed system belongs to be able to assign a new license.

Select the Systems tab from the left-hand navigation panel of the Central Configuration Manager. Unlicensed systems are displayed with No License Assigned.

An image showing no license assigned to system

The System Details panel is displayed showing the current configuration, licensing, message log settings and connection check status for this system. In the Licensing section of this panel, the License to Use field currently displays Unlicensed Systems.

From the License To Use field, use the drop-down menu to select the Operating System license applicable to this system (only licenses that can be applied to this system are displayed in the drop-down). Once selected, the number of remaining licenses for the Operating System is reduced by one.

An image showing the license to use availability

The License To Use field changes to reflect the assignation of the license, with the number of licenses available being reduced by one, and the monitors are enabled under the system ready for use.

From the Central Configuration Manager | Home menu ribbon select Save .

The settings are saved and the system is now licensed for use within Network Server Suite.