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| infoblox_nios:licenses [2024/09/22 21:23] – bstafford | infoblox_nios:licenses [2025/07/30 15:28] (current) – [License a NIOS VM] bstafford |
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| - Log into the Infoblox Support Portal - https://support.infoblox.com/ | - Log into the Infoblox Support Portal - https://support.infoblox.com/ |
| - Click "My Products" on the menu at the top of the page. | - Click "My Products" on the menu at the top of the page. |
| - Go to "Subscriptions" and you should see the list of licences purchased. If you are a distributer, you may have to "Filter Customer" at the top of the screen. Verify that the number of subscriptions matches what you are expecting. | - Click "Create VM/Grid and Assign Software" blue button on the left. |
| - Go to "Hosts" and you should see that Infoblox have helpfully pre-populated entries for the new VMs with random serial numbers and SKU of "IB-VM". | - Select the correct End Customer. |
| - Click "Create Virtual Host". | |
| - Paste the Hardware ID into the field "Virtual Host Hardware ID". | - Paste the Hardware ID into the field "Virtual Host Hardware ID". |
| - Set License Technology to "DDI" | - Set License Technology to "DDI (for NIOS and BloxOne)" |
| | - Do **NOT** click "Is Grid Wide?" unless you are creating a VM instance to represent "Grid Wide" licences (e.g. for reporting). |
| - Click "Save & Assign Software". This will take you to the screen to assign software to this VM. It will start off by saying "There is no Software assigned to this Host". Further down the screen you can see a list of "Software available to be assigned to Host". Take a note of "Total Quantity" and "Available Quantity". | - Click "Save & Assign Software". This will take you to the screen to assign software to this VM. It will start off by saying "There is no Software assigned to this Host". Further down the screen you can see a list of "Software available to be assigned to Host". Take a note of "Total Quantity" and "Available Quantity". |
| - What I do at this stage is find the entry for the NIOS licence (e.g. "IB-SWTL-BASE-NIOS-825"). Click the + symbol to add this license and you should find that the other licences for the VM get added automatically (e.g. IB-SWLT-GD and IB-SWTL-NS1). | - What I do at this stage is find the entry for the NIOS licence (e.g. "IB-SWTL-BASE-NIOS-825"). Click the + symbol to add this license and you should find that the other licences for the VM get added automatically (e.g. IB-SWLT-GD and IB-SWTL-NS1). |
