Manage a licensed product virtual image

Scenario

Start State

Planned Change

Procedure

Moving a Virtual Image with Licensed Products whose License Server is Hosted on Another Node

Licensed products with acquired licenses on a virtual image

Move licensed products to another host

Shut down each product to release acquired licenses. After the image is moved to a new host and the product restarted, licenses will be acquired.

If the license server has changed, configure moved products to the new server.

Moving Licensed Products from a Hardware Environment to a Virtual Image

Licensed products with acquired licenses on a hardware image

Move licensed products to a virtual image

Shut down each product to release licenses. After the image is moved to a virtual host and the product restarted, its licenses will be acquired.

Cloning a Virtual Image with Licensed Products

Licensed products with acquired licenses on a virtual image

Create template of the base image for cloning and distribution to other locations

Shut down the product to release licenses. Clone the image. Install and configure product and acquire licenses on the cloned image.

Reverting a Snapshot of a Virtual Image with Licensed Products

Licensed products with acquired licenses on a virtual image

Revert image to a snapshot

Do not shut down product. Revert image to snapshot. Snapshot will become current image and product will continue running with acquired licenses.

Only the licenses available before the snapshot was created will be available after reverting the snapshot.