18-55
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
18






Administering

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager
Managing
ANM
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
The
license

manager

does

not

display

information

related

to

the

90-day

evaluation

period

that

allows

you
to
use

ANM

immediately

after

you

install

the

software.

When

there

are

10

days

or

less

remaining

to

the
evaluation
period,

ANM

issues

daily

warnings

that

the

evaluation

period

is

about

to

expire.

You

mus

t
install
the

ANM

server

license

to

continue

using

ANM.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Admin
>

ANM

Management

>

License

Management.
The
Li

censes

table

ap

pears.

Ta

b

l

e


18-14

describes

the

contents

of

this

table.
Step
2
To
add

new

license,

from

the
Licenses
table,
click
Add.
The
New

License

wi

ndow

appears.
Step
3
In
the

New

License

window,
click
Browse
to
locate
the

new

license

name.
Use
the

browser

to

choose

the

license

file.
Step
4
Click
Upload
to

install

the

license

you

added

onto

the

ANM

Server

or
Cancel
to

exit.
The
license

file

appears

in

the

License

Files

table.
From
the

License

Files

table

you

can

see

the

Install

Status

of

the

license

file

and

if

there

are

any

errors.
Related
Topics

•
ANM
Licenses,

page
1-7

•
Managing
ACE

Licenses,

page
6-36

•
Using
ANM

License

Manager

t

o
Manage
ANM

Server

or

Demo
Licenses,
page
18-54

•
Removing
an

ANM

License

File,

page
18-55
Removing
an

ANM

License

File
For
ANM

server,

if

your

license

file

does

not

work

in

ANM

due

to

file

errors,

you

need

to

remove

it

from
the
ANM

host

and

request

another

license

file

from

Cisco.

There

is

no

ANM

GUI

remove

license
command.
You

mus

t

remove

the

l

icense

from

the

operating

syst

em

by

deleting

the

file.
Ta
b

l

e


18-14
License
Files
Field
Description
File
Name
Name
of

the

ANM

server

or

demo

license

file

that

you

have

installed

on

the

ANM

host.
Install
Status
Status
of

the

license

file.

Any

licensing

errors

display

here.

For

ANM

server,

if

errors

display,
see
the

“Removing

an

ANM

Li

cense

File”

section

on

pa

ge

18-55

for

details

about

how

to
remove
this

file

and

import

a

working

file.

You

cannot

remove

a

license

from

ANM

Virtual
Appliance;
however,

a

l

icense

that

displays

in

er

ror

is

not


a

pro

belm

as

l

ong

as

a

valid

license
is
also

installed.