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    • Administration Guide

    Home FortiFlex 23.4.0 Administration Guide
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    1.0.0

    Flex Entitlements

    Flex Entitlements

    Use the Flex Entitlements page to create and manage VM license entitlements which are consumed via the license tokens. You can also disable compromised license entitlements or change the configuration of a virtual machine.

    Note

    A License Token is a one-time code used to activate a VM instance. A new token must be re-generated if the VM needs to be re-activated. See Managing Flex Entitlements.

    The table displays the following information:

    Serial Number The serial numbers generated when you configure a VM.
    License File Token The available License File Tokens that can be injected into a VM to leverage consumption entitlements.
    Configuration The VM configuration assigned to the serial number.
    Description The description of the entitlement you entered when the VM was created.

    Termination Date

    The expiry date for the token. The token can be stopped, edited, or reactivated.

    Status

    The status of the VM entitlement.

    • PENDING: The entitlement is created but not activated. The VM is not being charged for daily consumption.
    • ACTIVE: The entitlement is activated and the VM is being charged for daily consumption (PST/PDT time zone).
    • ACTIVE: The entitlement is in use.
    • STOPPED: When the entitlement is stopped for the entire day, the VM will not be charged for the day.
    • EXPIRED: The entitlement has exceeded the Termination Date.
    • GRACE_PERIOD: The entitlement is ACTIVE but has a negative balance or a program expiration that has triggered the activation of the grace period. Once all grace period events have been cleared, it may take a full day for the status to change back from GRACE_PERIOD to ACTIVE.

    My Assets

    The My Assets view shows the Asset Folders assigned to a VM entitlement. You will only see the asset folders you have permission to view. Asset folders are created in the Asset Management portal. FortiFlex only shows VMs inside each folder except for when creating new VMs. For information about creating Asset Folders in Asset Management, see Asset Management > Creating custom views.

    Asset folder permissions

    Asset folder permissions are assigned in the Identity & Access Management (IAM) portal. For more information about Asset Folder permissions, see Identity & Access Management (IAM) > Asset and portal permissions.

    Tooltip

    You can use an asset folder to request the next available serial number with the API. See Creating a license pool group.

    Decommissioned units

    The Decommissioned Units view shows the VM serial numbers that were decommissioned in the Asset Management portal. When a VM is decommissioned in Asset Management, it is moved to the Decommissioned Units folder in FortiFlex and its status is changed to STOPPED. For information about decommissioning units in Asset Management, see Asset Management > Viewing decommissioned units.

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    Flex Entitlements

    Flex Entitlements

    Use the Flex Entitlements page to create and manage VM license entitlements which are consumed via the license tokens. You can also disable compromised license entitlements or change the configuration of a virtual machine.

    Note

    A License Token is a one-time code used to activate a VM instance. A new token must be re-generated if the VM needs to be re-activated. See Managing Flex Entitlements.

    The table displays the following information:

    Serial Number The serial numbers generated when you configure a VM.
    License File Token The available License File Tokens that can be injected into a VM to leverage consumption entitlements.
    Configuration The VM configuration assigned to the serial number.
    Description The description of the entitlement you entered when the VM was created.

    Termination Date

    The expiry date for the token. The token can be stopped, edited, or reactivated.

    Status

    The status of the VM entitlement.

    • PENDING: The entitlement is created but not activated. The VM is not being charged for daily consumption.
    • ACTIVE: The entitlement is activated and the VM is being charged for daily consumption (PST/PDT time zone).
    • ACTIVE: The entitlement is in use.
    • STOPPED: When the entitlement is stopped for the entire day, the VM will not be charged for the day.
    • EXPIRED: The entitlement has exceeded the Termination Date.
    • GRACE_PERIOD: The entitlement is ACTIVE but has a negative balance or a program expiration that has triggered the activation of the grace period. Once all grace period events have been cleared, it may take a full day for the status to change back from GRACE_PERIOD to ACTIVE.

    My Assets

    The My Assets view shows the Asset Folders assigned to a VM entitlement. You will only see the asset folders you have permission to view. Asset folders are created in the Asset Management portal. FortiFlex only shows VMs inside each folder except for when creating new VMs. For information about creating Asset Folders in Asset Management, see Asset Management > Creating custom views.

    Asset folder permissions

    Asset folder permissions are assigned in the Identity & Access Management (IAM) portal. For more information about Asset Folder permissions, see Identity & Access Management (IAM) > Asset and portal permissions.

    Tooltip

    You can use an asset folder to request the next available serial number with the API. See Creating a license pool group.

    Decommissioned units

    The Decommissioned Units view shows the VM serial numbers that were decommissioned in the Asset Management portal. When a VM is decommissioned in Asset Management, it is moved to the Decommissioned Units folder in FortiFlex and its status is changed to STOPPED. For information about decommissioning units in Asset Management, see Asset Management > Viewing decommissioned units.

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