User`s guide

Managing Physical Servers 31
Managing Parallels Licenses
Physical servers running Parallels Virtuozzo Containers technology demand Parallels
Containers licenses to create and work with Containers. Physical servers running
Parallels Server Bare Metal technology demand Parallels Server Bare Metal license to
create and work with virtual machines and Containers. Mac OS physical servers with
Parallels Server for Mac demand Parallels Server for Mac license to create and work
with virtual machines.
You do not need to additionally install Parallels Virtuozzo Containers license on PSBM
physical servers to run Containers on them.
Any of the licenses can be installed either as a key string or as a text file with the help
of the Install License Key or Install License File links, correspondingly. Whereas a license
key can be installed directly on the target physical server, the license file first should be
uploaded to Parallels Virtual Automation and only then it can be installed on the
physical server.
A license includes a set of parameters, the full list of which (such as, the number of
CPUs, virtual environments, or users your license allows you to have on the physical
server) is available on the screen which opens if you click the key number of the
license or the license serial number. If any of these parameters has been or will be
changed (say, you upgraded your physical server with more CPUs, or want to extend
the limit of the virtual environments that the physical server may host), you will need to
update your physical server license as well.
You may also want to update the license if the data in the Status or Expiration columns
suggest that you do. For example, if the Status column tells you that the license is
invalid, or expired, or the expiration date displayed in the Expiration column is close, this
is a good reason to update it. Finally, you can update your trial license. To update your
license, select its checkbox on the list and click Refresh on the Parallels Virtual
Automation toolbar.
The Licensing screen contains all the necessary information on the Parallels Virtuozzo
Containers, Parallels Server Bare Metal, and Parallels Server for Mac product keys
installed on physical servers that registered in Parallels Virtual Automation.
The Licenses table on shows the information on all your licenses:
Column Name Description
Serial Number
The string of symbols that serves for both activating the license and as an
identifier of the license on the physical server.
Key Number
The key number of the license, which identifies the license on the Parallels
Key Authentication (KA) server.
Hardware Node
The physical server on which the license is installed.
Status
The status of the license.
Expiration
The expiration date and time of the license.