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Managing Dell Connections License Manager
This section provides the workflow to manage licenses. For more information on the UI, see the Online help available in
Connections License Manager.
To manage licenses:
1. Obtain licenses, see Obtaining Licenses.
2. Import licenses into Dell Connections License Manager, see Importing Licenses.
3. View the license status, see Viewing Licenses.
4. (Optional) If you want to backup licenses to a repository, see Exporting Licenses.
5. (Optional) If you want to purge or delete licenses, see Deleting Licenses.
Obtaining Licenses
This section provides information on getting licenses from the Dell support site.
NOTE: Before you access the support site, check if the Internet connection is available.
To request for licenses:
1. From a web browser, access the License Self-Service Portal at: dell.com/support/retail/lkm.
2. In the License Management web page, sign in using My Account or Premiere credentials.
The ordered licenses are available in the License Self-Service Portal.
3. Save the required license files to a specific location.
The downloaded license is a compressed XML file. Extract the file before importing into Connections License
Manager.
Viewing Licenses
This section provides information on viewing the license status.
To view licenses:
From the Connections License Manager web page, click Licenses.
The Licenses page is displayed.
NOTE: If the status for the existing licenses are warning or critical, then you require additional licenses.
Warning indicates that the usage is reaching the allowable license capacity. Critical indicates that the license
capacity is fully utilized.
Understanding Licenses
This section provides information on the licenses.
Licenses contain the following properties:
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