Arctera License Management Service Help

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0.2)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About License Management Service
    2.  
      About License Analytics Service
    3.  
      High level working
  2. Pre-installation
    1.  
      Downloading License Management Service packages
    2.  
      Operating system requirements
    3.  
      Network and firewall requirements
  3. Installing and configuring
    1. About installing License Management Service
      1.  
        Installing License Management Service on Linux (on-premises and cloud)
      2.  
        Installing License Management Service on Windows (on-premises and cloud)
    2.  
      Verifying License Management Service installation on Linux
    3.  
      Verify License Management Service installation on Windows
    4. About configuring License Management Service on Linux and Windows
      1.  
        Configure License Management Service on Linux and Windows using the web browser
      2.  
        Configuring License Management Service on Linux and Windows hosts using CLI
    5.  
      Installing License Management Service along with Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0.2
    6.  
      Installing License Management Service along with Operations Manager in a high availability environment
  4. Getting started
    1. About LAS access
      1.  
        Downloading the Entitlements file from LAS
      2.  
        Downloading the License Meter file from LAS
      3.  
        Uploading Usage report to LAS
    2. Registering the License Management Service product key
      1.  
        Getting the registration key file from the VEMS portal
    3.  
      About License Management Service console
    4.  
      About the Setup panel
    5.  
      About the License Management Service dashboard
    6.  
      Updating the License meter file
    7.  
      Updating the Entitlements file
    8.  
      About managing hosts
    9.  
      Adding Kubernetes clusters
    10. Adding Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or Active Directory-based authentication in License Management Service
      1.  
        Add domain panel options
      2.  
        Add domain panel options to specify the domain name
    11. Adding a user group
      1.  
        About user group permissions
    12.  
      Adding local users
    13.  
      Configuring SMTP settings for email notifications
    14.  
      Managing License Management Service site details
    15.  
      Changing the password
    16. About using reports
      1.  
        Sending the Usage report to Arctera
    17.  
      Managing faults
    18.  
      Viewing the activity monitor
  5. Registering
    1.  
      Login to the License Management Service console
    2.  
      Viewing the product registration details
    3.  
      Re-registering the product key
    4.  
      Viewing the License Management Service installation details
  6. Managing license usage
    1.  
      About license usage
    2.  
      Scheduling auto update for License meter file
    3.  
      About assigning entitlements
    4.  
      Scheduling auto update for entitlements file
    5.  
      Assigning entitlements to hosts
    6.  
      Reassigning entitlements to hosts
    7.  
      Unassigning host from an entitlement ID
    8.  
      Unmanaging a host
    9.  
      Managing hosts
    10.  
      Assigning entitlements to Kubernetes nodes
    11.  
      Reassigning entitlements to Kubernetes nodes
    12.  
      Unassigning Kubernetes node from an entitlement ID
    13.  
      Viewing the License cores usage data
  7. Managing hosts
    1.  
      Adding hosts manually to License Management Service
    2.  
      Adding hosts to License Management Service using the CSV file
    3.  
      Adding hosts to License Management Service using the Auto Configure (gendeploy.pl) script
    4.  
      Refreshing the details of a host
    5.  
      Removing a host from License Management Service
  8. Managing software upgrades
    1.  
      About software upgrades
    2.  
      Uploading the baseline package
    3.  
      Installing the baseline package
    4.  
      Removing the baseline package
    5.  
      Uploading the patches
    6.  
      Installing the patches
    7.  
      Removing patches
    8.  
      Refreshing the patch repository
  9. Managing user administration
    1.  
      Enabling or disabling a domain
    2.  
      Removing a domain
    3.  
      Editing a user group
    4.  
      Editing users from a user group
    5.  
      Removing a user group
    6.  
      Editing local users
    7.  
      Editing user group for local user
    8.  
      Removing a local user
  10. Managing backup, restore, and uninstall
    1.  
      About backing up and restoring the License Management Service data
    2.  
      Backing up License Management Service data
    3.  
      Restoring backed up License Management Service data
    4.  
      Uninstalling License Management Service on Linux
    5.  
      Uninstalling License Management Service on Windows
  11. Known issues
    1.  
      License Management Service patch details not visible in the LMS UI
    2.  
      InfoScale Operations Manager services do not restart on SUSE host after reboot (15189)
    3.  
      Incorrect error message displayed during password change task (16155)
    4.  
      Login without any permissions fails with infinite spinner error (16167)

Verify License Management Service installation on Windows

Verify the License Management Service installation on a Windows host by ensuring that the License Management Service for Windows program is installed, and the License Management Service is started.

To verify License Management Service installation on Windows

  1. On the host where you installed License Management Service, on the Windows Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. Check whether License Management Service for Windows appears in the list of installed programs.