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One option when it comes to license management software choices is Automation License Manager. License management software is a must, since it can help alleviate stress and reduce the risk of improper license management and financial consequences. However, a 7.3.1 license manager is compatible with a 7.3.3 license peer, despite the lower maintenance release level.IT departments end up having to oversee many different software licenses for the entire staff of their organization. For example, a 7.2 license manager is not compatible with a 7.3 license peer, because the 7.2 is a lower minor release level than 7.3. For example, an 8.2.x license manager is compatible with 7.3, 8.0, and 8.1 peers.Ĭompatibility is significant at the major/minor release level, but not at the maintenance level. License manager and peer version compatibilityĪ license manager must be on the same or later version than its license peers. See About the Splunk Enterprise license usage report view. Verify the license capacity usage and indexing volume the next day.

Review the license allocation on the license manager, and create pools to allocate license volume.Configure the license peers to communicate with the license manager.Install your Enterprise licenses onto the license manager.If a license manager is located on an indexer, it will become the indexer's license manager.įor a general discussion of management component colocation, see Components that help to manage your deployment in the Distributed Deployment Manual. See Deployer requirements in Distributed Search. See Additional roles for the manager node in Managing Indexers and Clusters of Indexers for a description of the circumstances under which an indexer cluster manager node and a license manager can colocate. See Deployment server and other roles in Updating Splunk Enterprise Instances for a description of the circumstances under which a deployment server and a license manager can colocate. See Which instance should host the console? in Monitoring Splunk Enterprise for a description of the circumstances under which a monitoring console and a license manager can colocate. Instead, you can colocate it on an instance that is also performing other tasks: The license manager role is not typically run on a dedicated Splunk Enterprise instance. Choose the instance to serve as the license manager If you only have a single Splunk Enterprise instance, you do not need to configure it as a license manager. The remote instances become license peers Once the license manager is configured, you can direct other Splunk Enterprise instances to communicate with the license manager to provide them access to the license features, and allocate license volume. A license manager is a central license repository for Splunk Enterprise licenses.

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