License Manager

License Manager Interface

Dr.Web Security Control Center contains the License Manager component. This component is used to manage licensing of anti-virus network objects.

To open the License manager, select Administration item in the main menu of Dr.Web Security Control Center. In the opened window select the License manager item in the control menu.

Hierarchical List of Keys

The main pane of the License manager contains keys tree—the hierarchical list nodes of which are license keys of stations and groups for which license keys are assigned.

Toolbar contains the following control elements:

Settings of tree view allows to change hierarchical tree view:

•The Show the number of licenses flag enabled/disables displaying in the keys tree the total number of licenses provided by key files.

•To change the tree structure, use the following options:

▫The Keys option prescribes to display all license keys of anti-virus network as a root nodes of the hierarchical tree. At this, all groups and stations for which these keys are assigned, are presented as a child elements of license keys. This tree view is a general view and allows to manage licensing objects ans license keys.

▫The Groups option prescribes to display those groups to which the keys are personally assigned as a root nodes of the hierarchical tree. At this, stations included in this groups and license keys that are assigned to these groups are presented as a child element of groups. This tree view is for convenience visualization of information on licensing and do not allow to manage objects of the tree.

Licenses Handling

Via the License Manager you can perform the following actions under license keys:

1.View Information About a License.

2.Add a New License Key.

3.Update the License Key.

4.Replace the License Key.

5.Extend the List of Object License Keys.

6.Remove the License Key and the Object from the Licensing List.

7.Donate a License to a neighbor Server.

8.Edit Licenses Donated to a Neighbor Server.

View Information About a License

To view the summaries about the license key, in the main pane of the License manager, select the key record to view the detail information (click the key record name). In the opened pane you can view the following information:

•the owner of the license,

•the dealer, who sold the license,

•identification and serial numbers of the license,

•license expiration date,

•Inclusion of the Anti-spam component,

•number of stations to license by this key file,

•MD5 hash of the license key,

•the list of anti-virus components which are allowed to use by this license.

Add a New License Key

To add a new license key

1.In the main pane of the License Manager, click Add key on the toolbar.

2.On the opened panel, click and select the license key file.

3.Click Save.

4.The license key will be added to the keys tree but not assigned neither to one of the objects. In this case, to specify licensing objects, perform the Change the License Key or Extend the List of Object License Keys procedures described below.

Update the License Key

In updating a license key, the new license key is assigned for the same licensing objects, for which the updated one was assigned.

Use the updating key procedure to replace expired key or to replace with a key with other set of installing components. The keys tree structure remains.

To update a license key

1.In the main pane of the License Manager in the keys tree, select the key you want to update.

2.On the opened key properties panel, click and select the license key file.

3.Click Save. A window with installed components settings described in Settings for License Key Changing, opens.

4.Click Save to update the license key.

Replace the License Key

In changing a license key, all current license keys are deleted for the licensing object and a new key is added.

To replace the current license key

1.In the main pane of the License Manager in the keys tree, select the key you want to assign to the licensing object.

2.Click Propagate the key to groups and stations on the toolbar. A window with hierarchical list  of stations and groups of anti-virus network opens.

3.Select licensing object from the list. To select several stations or groups, use ctrl and shift.

4.Click Replace key. A window with installed components settings described in Settings for License Key Changing, opens.

5.Click Save to replace the license key.

Extend the List of Object License Keys

In adding a license key, the licensing object saves all current keys, and to the keys list a new license key is added.

To add the license key to the object license keys list

1.In the main pane of the License Manager in the keys tree, select the key you want to add to the objects keys list.

2.Click Propagate the key to groups and stations on the toolbar. A window with hierarchical list  of stations and groups of anti-virus network opens.

3.Select licensing object from the list. To select several stations or groups, use ctrl and shift.

4.Click Add key. A window with installed components settings described in Settings for Adding a License Key to the Keys List, opens.

5.Click Save to add the license key.

Remove the License Key and the Object from the Licensing List

To remove the license key or the object from the licensing list

1.In the main pane of the License Manager in the keys tree, select the key you want to remove, or the object (station or group), to which this key is assigned, and click Remove selected objects on the toolbar. At this:

•If the licensing object was selected, this object will be removed from the list of objects on which its key is effects. An object for which a personal license key is removed, inherits a license key.

•If the license key was selected, this key record is removed from the anti-virus network. All objects to which this license key was assigned, inherit a license key.

2.A window with installed components settings described in Settings for License Key Changing, opens.

3.Click Save to remove selected object and to switch to the inherited key.

Donate a License to a Neighbor Server

At donating a part of vacant licenses to a neighbor Server from the license key of this Server, donated number of licenses will not be available for use on this Server till the end of propagation time of these licenses.

To donate licenses to a neighbor Server

1.In the main pane of the License Manager in the keys tree, select the key a vacant licenses from which you want to donate to neighbor Server.

2.Click Propagate the key to neighbor Servers on the toolbar. A window with hierarchical tree of neighbor Server opens.

3.Select from the list those Servers to which you want propagate licenses.

4.Specify the following parameters next to the each Server:

•Number of licenses—number of vacant licenses, you want to donate from this key to a neighbor Server.

•License expiration date—validity period of licenses donation. After specified time period, all licenses will be recall from the neighbor Server and got back to the list of vacant licenses in this license key.

5.Click on of the buttons:

•Add key—to add licenses to the list of presence licenses of neighbor Servers. A window with installed components settings described in Settings for Adding a License Key to the Keys List, opens.

•Replace key—to remove current licenses of neighbor Servers and set only propagated licenses. A window with installed components settings described in Settings for License Key Changing, opens.

6.Click Save to propagate licenses to neighbor Servers.

Edit Licenses Donated to a Neighbor Server

To edit licenses propagated to neighbor Server

1.In the main pane of the License Manager in the keys tree, select the neighbor Server, on which licenses were propagated.

2.On the opened properties panel, edit the following parameters:

•Number of licenses—number of vacant licenses, which were donated from the key of this Server to the neighbor Server.

•License expiration date—validity period of licenses donation. After specified time period, all licenses will be recall from the neighbor Server and got back to the list of vacant licenses in this license key.

3.Click Save to update information on propagated licenses.

Changing the List of Installed Components

Settings for License Key Changing

In this section you can find description of installing components setup for the following procedures:

•Update the License Key.

•Replace the License Key.

•Remove the License Key.

•Donate a License to a neighbor Server with replacing a key.

When performing these procedures, to setup installing components, do the following:

1.In the window with installed components settings, the following objects are listed:

•Stations and groups with their list of installing components.

•In the Current key column, you can find the list of object keys and settings of installing components that are currently actual for the object.

•In the Assigned key column, you can find the key and settings of installing components that are specified in the key which you want to assign to the selected objects.

2.If necessary, set the Show only different flag to show in the list only those components settings of which in the current and assigned keys are differ.

3.To configure the list on installed components:

a)In the Assigned key column, you can configure the result list of installing components.

•Installing components settings in the Assigned key column, are calculated on the basis of that if use the component in the current settings and in the new key is allowed (+) or not allowed (-), as follows:

•You can change installing components settings (downgrade rights to install) only if settings calculated in the Assigned key, allow to use this component.

b)Set the flags for those objects (stations and groups) for which settings inheritance will be terminated and installing components settings from the Assigned key column are set as a personal. For other objects (for which flags are not set), initial settings from the Assigned key column are inherited.

Settings for Adding a License Key to the Keys List

In this section you can find description of installing components setup for the following procedures:

•Extend the List of Object License Keys.

•Donate a License to a Neighbor Server with adding a key.

When performing these procedures, to setup installing components, do the following:

1.In the window with installed components settings, the following objects are listed:

•Stations and groups with their list of installing components.

•In the Current key column, you can find the list of object keys and settings of installing components that are currently actual for the object.

•In the Assigned key column, you can find the key and settings of installing components that are specified in the key which you want to add to the selected objects.

2.If necessary, set the Show only different flag to show in the list only those components settings of which in the current and assigned keys are differ. Note that in the Assigned key section not the assigned key settings are listed, but the result settings of installing components.

3.To configure the list on installed components:

a)In the Assigned key column, you can configure the result list of installing components.

•Installing components settings in the Assigned key column, are calculated on the basis of that if use the component in the current settings and in the new key is allowed (+) or not allowed (-), as follows:

•You can change installing components settings (downgrade rights to install) only if settings calculated in the Assigned key, allow to use this component.

b)Set the flags for those objects (stations and groups) for which settings inheritance will be terminated and installing components settings from the Assigned key column are set as a personal. For other objects (for which flags are not set), initial settings from the Assigned key column are inherited.