Creating License Sharing Groups

License Sharing allows you to share VPN or Anti-Virus Client Licenses license among multiple SonicWALL appliances. As a result, you can save money by purchasing licenses in quantity and not wasting licenses on SonicWALL appliances that do not use them all.

License sharing assigns a License Sharing Group (LSG) to a SonicWALL appliance and activates this feature. You can then add other SonicWALL appliances to the LSG and assign them licenses from the pool of remaining available licenses.

This section contains the following subsections:

•	Creating a License Sharing Group .

•	Adding a SonicWALL Appliance to an Existing Group .

Creating a License Sharing Group

To create a VPN Client Enterprise or Anti-Virus LSG, complete the following steps:

1	In the left pane, select a SonicWALL appliance that has no GVC licenses.

2	Select the Policies tab.

3	In the center pane, navigate to Register/Upgrades > License Sharing. The License Sharing page displays.

 

4	Select VPN Client Enterprise or Anti-Virus from the List of Services list box.

5	Click Join a License Sharing Group. The Join a License Sharing Group dialog box displays.

6	Select Create a new License Sharing Group With and from the pull-down menu, select the appliance that has the Enterprise GVC license.

7	Enter a name for the group in the And Name it field.

8	A pop-up with the member license count displays. Click OK. The scheduler displays.

9	Expand Schedule by clicking the plus icon.

10	Select Immediate or specify a future date and time.

11	Click Accept.

Adding a SonicWALL Appliance to an Existing Group

To add a SonicWALL appliance to an existing VPN Client Enterprise or Anti-Virus LSG, complete the following steps:

1	In the left pane, select the global icon, a group, or a SonicWALL appliance.

2	Click the Policies tab.

3	In the center pane, navigate to Register/Upgrades > License Sharing. The License Sharing page displays.

 

4	Select VPN Client Enterprise or Anti-Virus from the List of Services pull-down menu.

5	Click Join a License Sharing Group. The Join a License Sharing Group dialog box displays.

 

6	Select Join Existing License Sharing Group and select an LSG from the list box.

7	Click Accept.

8	A pop-up with the member license count displays. Click OK. The scheduler displays.

9	Expand Schedule by clicking the plus icon.

10	Select Immediate or specify a future date and time.

11	Click Accept.

Changing the License Count

To change the number of licenses that a SonicWALL appliance uses, complete the following steps:

1	In the center pane, navigate to Register/Upgrades > License Sharing. The License Sharing page displays.

2	Select VPN Client Enterprise or Anti-Virus from the List of Services pull-down menu.

3	Enter a new license value and click Change License Count to.

4	To remove this SonicWALL appliance from the LSG, select Remove from License Sharing Group.

Viewing the Properties of a License Sharing Group

To view the properties of an LSG, complete the following steps:

1	In the center pane, navigate to Register/Upgrades > License Sharing. The License Sharing page displays.

2	Select VPN Client Enterprise or Anti-Virus from the List of Services pull-down menu.

3	Click the name of the LSG to view. The License Sharing Group Properties dialog box displays. This dialog box contains detailed information about the total number of licenses, the expiration date of the license, the number of licenses used by each member of the group, and other information.

4	To change the name of the LSG, enter a new name and click Accept.