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Managing Licenses
Using Dell License Manager you can deploy licenses to licensable systems.
Dell License Manager also supports the export of license archives for backup.
From Licenses view, you can view the status of available licenses.
Before you deploy licenses:
1
Inventory the licensable systems. See Inventorying Licensable Systems.
2 Obtain licenses from the Dell Online Licensing Portal.
3 Import licenses into Dell License Manager.
4 Deploy the licenses.
To work with licenses, from the Dell License Manager, in the navigation pane,
click Licenses.
Obtaining Licenses
You can purchase licenses or download licenses from the Dell Online Licensing
Portal at dell.com/support/retail/lkm. You can also purchase licenses along with
the server you purchased. The licenses are installed at the factory.
The downloaded license package contains a license archive in a
compressed file format (ZIP format). The license archive contains license
files in an XML format.
Importing Licenses
Before you import licenses, you must download licenses. You can also import
archived licenses. However, you cannot import expired or evaluation licenses.
To download licenses from the Dell Licensing Portal:
1
In Dell License Manager, click Actions  Launch Dell Online
Licensing Portal
.
2 From the Dell licensing portal, download the required licenses to a file system.
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