Setup Guide

Options After Uploading Licenses
License file for new purchases
When purchasing a new license, an email is sent from Dell containing the new license file. The license should arrive in a .xml
format. If the license is in a zip format, extract the license xml file from the zip file before uploading.
Stacking licenses
Starting from OMIVV version 2.1, OMIVV has the ability to stack multiple standard licenses to increase the number of supported
hosts to the sum of the hosts in the uploaded licenses. An evaluation license cannot be stacked. The number of supported
vCenters cannot be increased by stacking, and would require the use of multiple appliances.
There are some restrictions around the functionality of stacking licenses. If a new standard license is uploaded before the
existing standard license expires, the licenses will stack. Otherwise, if the license expires and a new license is uploaded, only the
number of hosts from the new license is supported. If there are already multiple licenses uploaded, the number of supported
hosts are the sum of the hosts in the non-expired licenses at the time the last license was uploaded.
Expired Licenses
Licenses that are past their support duration, typically three or five years from the date of purchase are blocked from being
uploaded. If licenses have expired after being uploaded, functionality for existing hosts will continue; however upgrades to new
versions of the OMIVV are blocked.
Replacement of Licenses
If there is a problem with your order and you receive a replacement license from Dell, the replacement license contains the same
entitlement ID of the previous license. When uploading a replacement license, if a license was already uploaded with the same
entitlement ID it will be replaced.
Enforcement
Appliance Updates
The appliance will not allow updates to newer versions when all licenses are expired. Please obtain and upload a new license prior
to attempting to upgrade the appliance.
Evaluation Licenses
When an evaluation license expires, several key areas will cease to work, and display an error message.
Adding Hosts to Connection Profiles
When attempting to add a host to a connection profile, if the number of licensed 11th Generation or newer hosts is exceeded
and beyond the license number, adding additional hosts is prevented.
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