A Partner user can manage the Edge Licenses and assign them to customers.

Procedure

  1. In the Partner portal, click Manage Customers.
  2. Click the link to a customer name to navigate to the Enterprise portal.
  3. In the Enterprise portal, click Administration > Edge Licensing.
  4. Click Manage Edge License.
  5. In the Select Edge Licenses window, choose the relevant licenses based on the Bandwidth, Term, Edition, and Region.

    Note: Apart from the existing licenses, VMware offers a trial version of license with the Edition as POC. If you select a POC license, you cannot choose the other licenses.
  6. Click OK.

Results

The selected licenses are displayed in the Edge Licensing window.

If you have selected the POC license, you can click Upgrade Edge License to upgrade the license to the next level. Choose Standard, Enterprise or Premium Edition from the list.

Note: You cannot downgrade a License type to the previous Edition.

Click Report to generate a report of the licenses and the associated Edges in CSV format.

What to do next

When you create an Edge, you can choose and assign an Edge License from the list.

You can assign a license to an existing Edge:

  • In the Enterprise portal, click Configure > Edges.
  • To assign license to each Edge, click the link to the Edge and select the License in the Edge Overview page. You can also select the Edge and click Actions > Assign Edge License to assign the License.
  • To assign a license to multiple Edges, select the appropriate Edges, click Actions > Assign Edge License, and select the License.