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How to create and edit a license pool

Create a license pool

  1. From the main menu, click License-pools.

  2. Click New.

  3. Enter the name and description.

  4. Click Save.

Edit a license pool

  1. From the main menu, select License-pools.

  2. Click the license pool in the ID column to display the selected license pool.

  3. Click the tab you want to view or edit. See License pool details below. The General tab is displayed by default.

  4. Save the changes.

License pool details

  • General tab

    Field Description
    ID License pool ID.
    Name License pool name.
    Description

    Description of the license pool.

  • License tab

    This tab displays the licenses added to this pool. For more information on licenses, see Licenses.

  • Assignment tab

    This tab displays the assignments of this license pool.

    To add an assignment, click Add, specify the mode, edition, access type, and date, click Filter to get remaining capacity, then you can assign the available capacity to a selected tenant. You can also click Revoke to revoke licenses.

    Note The maximum capacity (sum of current capacity and future capacity) can be assigned to a trial tenant is 10. For example, if current capacity of a trial tenant is 3, then you can assign no more than 7 capacity to this tenant.

  • Tenant tab

    This tab displays the tenants assigned with licenses in this pool. For more information, see Tenants.

License pool status

You can change license pool status between Active and Inactive manually.

Status

Description

Active

Licenses can be added to an Active license pool.

Inactive

Licenses cannot be added to an Inactive license pool.

Delete a license pool

You can only delete a license pool with no license added.

  1. From the main menu, select License-pools.

  2. Select the license pool you want to delete.

  3. Click Delete on the toolbar.

  4. Click OK.

 

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