About licensing and product activation

Licensing for all products is unified across the system.

Licensing is centrally managed, and is designed to allow the system to monitor license usage, statistics and violations reporting.

If you operate in a multi-tenant enabled environment, each tenant can be assigned its own license. For information about licensing and product activation in a multi-tenant environment, see the Multi-tenant SaaS Service Provider Reference Guide (Tenant license management System management functionality that includes activating, uploading, and customizing licenses.).

These are the outcomes of successful license and product activation:

  • Configuration: The installer sets up the customer’s hierarchy and configures the server roles associated with the products for which the customer purchased the license.

  • User management: Roles and privileges related to selected products are activated, depending on the licensing.

  • User interface: Modules and pages are visible depending on the products that were activated.

Related topics 

Licensing workflow for a system license

Licensing terms

Activate the products

Update product licenses

Related information 

Licenses and License Mappings reference

Hierarchy setup and server role Entity that contains a logical, predefined set of components (system software or certified third-party software) deployed in the Data Center and Site Zones that provide specific functionality for the system. configuration (Enterprise Manager Configuration and Administration Guide)

Roles and privileges (User Management Module that an administrator uses to create a profile for each employee in their organization. Guide)