Activating, Upgrading, or Renewing Services

The procedures for activating services can be found in the Getting Started Guide for your appliance.

To upgrade or renew services:
1
Display the System > Licenses page and scroll to the Manage Security Services Online section.

2
Click the link in To Activate, Upgrade, or Renew service, click here. The Licenses > License Management page is displayed.

3
In the MySonicWall.com Login section, enter your MySonicWall username and password in the User Name/Email and Password fields, and then click Submit. If your SonicWall security appliance is already registered to your MySonicWall account, the Licenses > Licenses Management page appears.

The Manage Services Online table has five columns:

Security Service—lists all the SonicWall services.
Status—displays whether the service is Licensed or Unlicensed or the license is Expired or a Free Trial.
Manage Service—provides links to Try (a FREE TRIAL), Activate a license, Upgrade a license, Renew a license, or Share a license.
Users—lists the number of users licensed for the service; some services may be licensed for Unlimited users.
Expiration—displays the date the license expires or has expired.
4
Scroll to the Gateway AV/Anti-Spyware/Intrusion Prevention/App Control/App Visualization entry in the Manage Services Online table.
5
Click on the Activate link in the Manage Service column. A License > License Management page displays to Activate Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware & Intrusion Prevention Service.

6
Type in the Activation Key in the New License Key 1 field. If you purchased more than one Activation Key, enter all of them.
7
Click Submit. SonicWall Intrusion Prevention Service is activated. The Gateway AV/Anti-Spyware/Intrusion Prevention/App Control/App Visualization entry in the Security Services Summary table shows a status of Licensed.

NOTE: The activation is enabled automatically on your SonicWall security appliance within 24-hours or you can click the Synchronize button to immediately update your SonicWall security appliance.