License Information
GigaVUE Cloud Suite for OpenStack supports the Volume Based License.
Volume Based Licenses
All the Nodes connected to periodically report statistics on the amount of traffic that flows through the V Series Nodes. The statistics reflect the data volume flowing through the V Series Nodes, with the usage statistics of all licensed applications that run on these nodes.
uses volume-based licensing (VBL), available as monthly subscription licenses. In the Volume-based Licensing (VBL) scheme, specific applications on the V Series Nodes are entitled to a specified amount of total data volume over the term of the license.
Distributing the license to individual nodes becomes irrelevant for accounting purposes. monitors overall consumption across all nodes and tracks individual application usage and overages.
Related Information
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Contact SalesFor purchasing licenses with the Volume-Based License (VBL) option.
Base Bundles
In volume-based licensing scheme, licenses are offered as bundles. The following three base bundle types are available:
- CoreVUE
- NetVUE
- SecureVUEPlus
The bundles are available as SKUs1. The number in the SKU indicates the total volume allowance of the SKU for that base bundle. For example, VBL-250T-BN-CORE has a daily volume allowance of 250 terabytes for CoreVUE bundle.
Bundle Replacement Policy
Refer to the following notes:
- You can always upgrade to a higher bundle but you cannot move to a lower version.
- You cannot have two different base bundles at the same time however, you can have multiple base bundles of the same type.
- Once upgraded to a higher bundle, the existing lower bundles will be automatically deactivated.
Add-on Packages
GigaVUE-FM allows you to add additional packages called add-on packages to the base bundles. These add-on packages allow you to add additional applications to your base bundles. Add-on packages have their own start/end date and volume specifications.
Rules for add-on packages:
- Add-on packages can only to be added when there is an active base bundle available in GigaVUE-FM.
- The base bundle limits the total volume usage of the add-on package.
- If your add-on package has volume allowance less than the base bundle, then your add-on package can only handle volume allocated for add-on package.
- When the life term of an add-on package extends beyond the base bundle, then when the base bundle expires, the volume allowance of the add-on package will be reduced to zero until a new base bundle is added.
For more information about SKUs refer to the respective Data Sheets as follows:
How GigaVUE-FM Tracks Volume-Based License Usage
GigaVUE-FM tracks the license usage for each V series node as follows:
- When you create and deploy a monitoring session, GigaVUE-FM allows you to use only those applications that are licensed at that point (applicable only for ACTIVE licenses, licenses in grace period are not included).
- When a license goes into grace period, you are notified with an audit log.
- When a license expires (and has not been renewed yet), the monitoring sessions using the corresponding license are not undeployed.
- The monitoring sessions using the corresponding license are undeployed (but not deleted from the database).
- When a license is later renewed or newly imported, any undeployed monitoring sessions are redeployed.
For releases prior to 6.4:
