Manage licensing system in a virtual environment

The AVEVA Enterprise licensing functionality is the same in both hardware and virtual environments. It is important to deactivate all activated licenses before moving or copying an image of a virtual or hardware node. When a license is activated it is associated to a uniquely identified license server. When the above actions are performed on the virtual image hosting the license server, the unique identification may change and impact the activated license.

When the license server unique identification changes, the server enters a grace period. The grace period allows you to continue performing normal licensing functions on the license server hosted on the cloned or copied image without interruption. The grace period lasts fifteen days. You have the duration of the grace period to update the licenses on the cloned or copied image.