Managing Flex Entitlements

You can stop and regenerate a license token if it is stolen or compromised. After the token is regenerated, it must be re-injected into your VM to revoke the old token. You can also export a list of tokens to parse them in scripts.

Modifying FortiGate-VM configurations

We recommend rebooting the FortiGate-VM after you change the configuration. To verify the configuration is in effect, run the following CLI command:

get system status

• A reboot is required if you are lowering the vCPU size.
• A reboot is recommended when adding more vCPU.

  If you do not want to reboot the VM, run the following CLI command:

  exec cpu add X

  Where X is the number of vCPU to be hot-added on top of the existing number.

  Example:

  A reboot is not required if the FortiGate-VM currently consumes 4 vCPUs out of the entitled 16 vCPUs which can be seen as VM Resources: 4 CPU/16 Allowed in the get system status output, and you run exec cpu add 12 to consume 12 more vCPUs.

Starting in FortiOS 7.2.4, vCPU changes in the FortiFlex licenses are automatically handled by the FortiGate-VM instances. Running exec cpu add X is no longer required if you are running FortiOS v7.2.4.

To stop a VM Entitlement:

1. Go to Flex Entitlements, and click the serial number you want to stop.
2. Click Stop. The Stop VM Entitlement dialog opens.

   

3. Click Confirm. The VM status changes to STOPPED. Point consumption will stop from the next day even while your managed VM may be still running.

   

To reactivate a VM Entitlement:

1. Go to Flex Entitlements and click a serial number with a status of STOPPED.
2. Click Reactivate. The Virtual Machine Details page opens.

   

3. (Optional) Modify the VM Entitlement details.

   

4. Click Submit. The serial number Status changes to Active. Point consumption will restart from the day you make this change even though you may still have not rerun your managed VM.

To export a list of serial numbers and tokens:

1. Go to Flex Entitlements.
2. Right-click the table, and click Export.
3. Select CSV Export, Excel Export (xlsx), or Excel Export (.xml). The file is saved to your computer.