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Gestión de las licencias en su cluster de la oferta Nutanix on OVHcloud BYOL (EN) |
How to add and remove licences in a Nutanix cluster with the BYOL offer |
2022-11-16 |
Find out how to activate or deactivate your licences in the BYOL offer
Warning
OVHcloud is providing you with services for which you are responsible, with regard to their configuration and management. You are therefore responsible for ensuring they function correctly.
This guide is designed to assist you in common tasks as much as possible. Nevertheless, we recommend that you contact the OVHcloud Professional Services team or a specialist service provider if you have difficulties or doubts concerning the administration, usage or implementation of services on a server.
- Access to the OVHcloud Control Panel
- Access to your clusters via Prism Central
- You must have your Nutanix login details on Nutanix Official Site.
- You must have valid licences with your Nutanix NIC handle.
Warning
Within the Nutanix on OVHcloud portfolio, OVHcloud offers the BYOL (Bring Your Own Licence) solution, which means that you, as an OVHcloud customer, must provide the Nutanix Cloud Platform licences on your cluster.
When the Nutanix cluster is ordered within the BYOL offer, the cluster is delivered with a 90-day trial licence. As a customer, you must register your Nutanix Cloud Platform licences on your cluster during this period.
If you want to redeploy a cluster with the BYOL offer, you must first uninstall the licences on the cluster before launching a redeployment. This guide explains how to add or remove licences.
There are three types of licences for:
- Prism Element.
- Prism Central.
- Add-ons.
You can install all licences from Prism Central.
We will retrieve the Cluster Summary File (CSF), which contains the cluster configuration summary.
In Prism Central, click the gear{.action} icon to go to the settings.
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Click Licencing{.action} on the left.
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Click Update Licences{.action} on the left.
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Click Download{.action} to retrieve the file containing your cluster’s information.
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Click on Show all downloads{.action} in the top right.
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The CSF file is on your desktop.
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In Prism Central, go to the licences page and click the Licences page{.action} link.
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The web browser launches and offers you to connect to the Nutanix portal.
Enter your credentials to sign in.
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In the Nutanix Control Panel, click Manage Licences{.action}.
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Open the CSF file generated by Prism Central that starts with ntnx_csf....
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Scroll through the window to add your cluster licences.
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In the NCM Ultimate section, click Select Licences{.action}.
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Now save on your computer the Licence Summary File (LSF), which contains the licence.
Select your cluster{.action} and click Save{.action}.
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Click Next{.action}.
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Click Confirm{.action}.
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Click Save{.action} to save the licence file to your computer.
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Back into the licence management section of Prism Central, click Upload{.action} to install the licence file.
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Select the generated file and click Open{.action}.
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Click Apply Licence{.action}.
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The licence is installed on your cluster.
It is sometimes necessary to uninstall licences to reinstall them on another cluster. If the cluster that contains the licences is still available you must release your licences from Prism Central.
In Prism Central click on the gear{.action} in the top right corner to access the parameters.
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Select Licencing{.action} to the left and click Update Licences{.action}.
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Click Download{.action}.
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Click Save{.action} to save the CSF file containing the summary of your cluster configuration with the installed licences.
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Click Licences page{.action} to connect to your Nutanix licence portal.
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In the Nutanix licence portal, click Manage Licences{.action}.
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Click Upload File{.action}.
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Click Open{.action}.
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Use the scroll bar to reach the bottom of the window.
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Click Unselect Licence{.action} in the NCM section.
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Click Unlicence{.action}.
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The request to remove the licence is supported, click Next{.action}.
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Click Confirm{.action}.
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Click Save{.action} to save the LSF file containing the updated licence to your computer.
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Return to Prism Central licence management.
Click Upload{.action}.
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Click Open{.action} after selecting the generated file from the Nutanix portal.
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Click Apply Licence{.action}.
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The licence has been deleted.
Nutanix Licence Management Guide
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