Chapter 10: Licensing - Tavve zoneranger User Manual

Chapter 10: Licensing

ZoneRanger may be a physical appliance or a virtual appliance (VM). When in the form of a physical
appliance, the ZoneRanger is manufactured with a particular license specifying the number of devices it
is allowed to manage. This license is a permanent license with no expiration date. When in the form of
a virtual appliance (VM), the ZoneRanger must obtain its license via a Ranger Gateway License Server
or via a provided Activation Key. This license will also specify the number of devices the ZoneRanger
is allowed to manage but it will have an expiration date and will need to be renewed periodically.
Ranger Gateway License Server
A Ranger Gateway, when configured with licenses provided by Tavve, may be a license server for any
ZoneRanger VMs joined to it. Once a ZoneRanger VM has joined to a Ranger Gateway License Server,
the Administration > License Activation page on the ZoneRanger VM web interface may be used to
specify which of the available licenses on the Ranger Gateway License Server should be allocated to this
ZoneRanger VM. Once the license is allocated to the ZoneRanger VM, the ZoneRanger VM is now
activated and must maintain communication with the Ranger Gateway License Server in order to
maintain its activation. If communications between the ZoneRanger VM and the Ranger Gateway
License Server is lost, the ZoneRanger VM license will eventually be deactivated.
The Administration > License Activation page may also be used to choose a different license to be
activated on the ZoneRanger VM from any available licenses on the Ranger Gateway License Server.
Whenever any license is activated on the ZoneRanger VM, the ZoneRanger software may restart.
If a new ZoneRanger VM license is activated that has fewer nodes than are currently managed by the
presently activated license, all managed nodes will be automatically unmanaged. For example, if a
ZoneRanger VM has an activated ZR-200 license with 150 managed nodes and the ZoneRanger VM is
then activated with a ZR-50 license, all of the 150 managed nodes will be automatically unmanaged
once the new license activation is complete.
If the expiration time is reached on a currently activated ZoneRanger VM, the ZoneRanger VM will
automatically be deactivated and restarted.
Activation Key
A ZoneRanger VM may be activated by using an Activation Key provided by Tavve. On the
Administration > License Activation page on the ZoneRanger VM web interface, an Activation Key
may be entered in order to activate the license on the ZoneRanger VM. The Pending Token as displayed
on the Administration > License Activation page must be provided to Tavve Software in order for an
Activation Key to be generated. Once the Activation Key is entered, the ZoneRanger VM will be
activated after a software restart.
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