Licensing Issues - PaloAlto Networks VM-100 Deployment Manual

Set Up a VM-Series Firewall on an ESXi Server
Modify the base image file (only if using the VM-1000-HV license in standalone mode)
Step 3 Change the number of virtual CPU cores allotted from 2 to 4 or 8 as desired for your deployment:
<Item>
<rasd:AllocationUnits>hertz * 10^6</rasd:AllocationUnits>
<rasd:Description>Number of Virtual CPUs</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>2 virtual CPU(s)</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>
<rasd:VirtualQuantity>2</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
<vmw:CoresPerSocket ovf:required="false">2</vmw:CoresPerSocket>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AllocationUnits>hertz * 10^6</rasd:AllocationUnits>
<rasd:Description>Number of Virtual CPUs</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>4 virtual CPU(s)</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>
<rasd:VirtualQuantity>4</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
<vmw:CoresPerSocket ovf:required="false">2</vmw:CoresPerSocket>
</Item>
Alternatively you can deploy the firewall and before you power on the VM-Series firewall, edit the memory and
virtual CPU allocation directly on the ESXi host or the vCenter server.

Licensing Issues

Why am I unable to apply the support or feature license?
Have you applied the capacity auth-code on the VM-Series firewall? Before you can activate the support or
feature license, you must apply the capacity auth-code so that the device can obtain a serial number. This serial
number is required to activate the other licenses on the VM-Series firewall.
Why does my cloned VM-Series firewall not have a valid license?
VMware assigns a unique UUID to each virtual machine including the VM-Series firewall.So, when a VM-Series
firewall is cloned, a new UUID is assigned to it. Because the serial number and license for each instance of the
VM-Series firewall is tied to the UUID, cloning a licensed VM-Series firewall will result in a new firewall with
an invalid license. You will need a new auth-code to activate the license on the newly deployed firewall. You must
apply the capacity auth-code and a new support license in order to obtain full functionality, support, and
software upgrades on the VM-Series firewall.
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