Virtual Appliance Licensing

For a virtual appliance, you must have an activation license. Without an activation license, the Mobility Services Engine (MSE) starts in evaluation mode. The evaluation license is valid for 120 days. Even if service licenses are present on the host, it rejects them if the activation license is not installed.

You must activate the virtual appliance using a virtual appliance activation license. You can get the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) from the virtual appliance (run show udi on the appliance) or from the MSE General Properties page in the Prime Infrastructure UI. Use this information to purchase the virtual appliance activation license and permanent service licenses.

You can add a virtual appliance license to the Prime Infrastructure using the following options:

  • Using the Add Mobility Service Engine page when you are installing MSE for the first time. See Configuring MSE on the Prime Infrastructure for more information.
  • Using the License Center page. See the Connected Mobile Experiences Configuration Guide, Release 7.6 for more information on adding a license file to the MSE.

Adding a License File to the MSE Using the License Center

To add a license, follow these steps:

Step 1 Install the MSE virtual appliance.

Step 2 Add the MSE to the Prime Infrastructure.

Step 3 Choose Administration > License Center in the Prime Infrastructure UI to access the License Center page.

Step 4 Choose Files > MSE Files from the left sidebar menu.

Step 5 Click Add to add a license.

The Add A License File dialog box appears.

Step 6 Select the MSE from the MSE Name drop-down list.

Step 7 Click Choose File to browse to the activation license file.

Step 8 Click OK .

Once you submit, the license is activated and license information appears in the License Center page.

This image shows recent changes to the License Center UI for the virtual appliance.