Symantec Security 5600 Series, Security 5400 Series,Clientless VPN 4400 Series, Administration Manual

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87 Maintaining your security gateway
Understanding and using licenses
Before the end of the grace period you must obtain and install licenses for each security gateway
feature that you want to continue to use. When the grace period expires or when you install the first
license, components for which you do not have licenses are disabled. If you have configured rules that
use the disabled features, those rules will be invalid. For example, if you do not have a license for
antivirus protection but you configured a rule using antivirus during the grace period, that rule will be
invalid. To avoid a loss of functionality, you may want to install all of your licenses at one time.
Security gateway features are individually licensed to let you purchase licenses for only the features
that your security plan requires. If your security requirements change, you can purchase and install
licenses for additional security features.
Licensing tasks include:
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Viewing the license status of security gateway components
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Viewing license usage
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Viewing installed licenses
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Obtaining licenses
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Preparing to install license files
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Installing licenses
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Removing all license files
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Enabling and disabling security gateway features
Viewing the license status of security gateway components
The License Summary tab lets you view all security gateway license information in one place. The
license information includes the starting date, expiration date, and user limit for each licensed security
gateway component.
Note: Licenses expire at midnight Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The time shown in the license
summary is the local time adjusted to reflect this.
Prerequisites
None.
To view the license status of security gateway components
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In the SGMI, in the left pane, under System, click Licensing .
In the right pane, on the License Summary tab, licensed features and their status (Licensed or Not
licensed), starting dates, expiration dates, and limits (node count) are displayed.
The information in the License Summary table is read-only.
Related information
For further information related to this topic, see the following:
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“Obtaining licenses” on page 89
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“Installing licenses” on page 94