Users Guide

Licensing

ASM licensing is based on the total number of managed resources, except for the VMware vCenter and

Windows SCVMM instances.

ASM 8.1.1 supports following license types:

• Trial License — A Trial license can be procured through the account team and it supports up to 25

resources for 90 days.

• Standard License — A Standard license grants full access.

You will receive an e-mail from customer service with the instructions for downloading ASM. The license

file is attached to that email.

If you are using ASM for the first time, you must upload the license file using the Initial Setup wizard. To

upload and activate subsequent licenses, click Settings → Virtual Appliance Management.

1. Under the License Management section on the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Add.

License Management window is displayed.

2. Click Browse button beside Upload License and select an evaluation license file, and then click

Open.

You will get information regarding license type, number of resources and expiration date of the

uploaded license on License Management window.

3. Click Save to apply the evaluation license.

4. After uploading the license file, the following information about the license is displayed:

• License Type

• Number of Resources

• Number of Used Resources

• Number of Available Resources

• Expiration Date

5. To replace the Evaluation license with standard license click the same Add button under License

Management section, click Browse button beside Upload License and select a regular standard

license file, and then click Open.

You will get information regarding license type, number of resources and expiration date of the

uploaded license on License Management window.

6. Click Save to apply the standard license.

It replace the evaluation license with standard license.

After uploading the license file, the following information about the license is displayed:

• License Type

• Number of Resources

• Number of Used Resources

• Number of Available Resources

You can add multiple standard licenses. After uploading multiple licenses, all the licenses are aggregated

together and displayed as one under License Management section