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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide
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Chapter 32 License File Upload
Obtaining a License File
Step 5 If you want to stop the License Manager service, click Stop.
Step 6 If you want to restart the License Manager, click Restart.
Additional Information
See the Related Topics, page 32-7.
Obtaining a License File
Licensing helps manage Cisco Unified Communications Manager licenses and enforces the licenses for
Cisco Unified Communications Manager applications and the number of devices. This section provides
information on obtaining licenses for new Cisco Unified Communications Manager systems and/or device
installations as well as for Cisco Unified Communications Manager nodes that have been upgraded from
various releases.
Note You do not need to obtain new licenses if you are upgrading within a software release train, such as Cisco
Unified Communications Manager 6.0(1) to 6.1(1).
To obtain a license, see the section that applies to your situation:
• If you are installing new Cisco Unified Communications Manager or devices that require additional
device license units, see the
“New Cisco Unified Communications Manager Nodes and Devices”
section on page 32-2.
• If you are upgrading from Cisco Unified CallManager 4.x, obtain a software feature license as
described in
“Obtaining a Software Feature License” section on page 32-3 and then upgrade the
product licenses as described in the “Upgrading Product Licenses” section on page 32-4.
• If you are upgrading from supported versions of Cisco Unified Communications Manager 5.x or 6.x,
see the
“Obtaining a Software Feature License” section on page 32-3.
New Cisco Unified Communications Manager Nodes and Devices
Use the following procedure to obtain a node license file for new Cisco Unified Communications
Manager nodes (servers) and to obtain device licenses for new devices that require additional device
license units.
Each node in your cluster requires one node license unit. Each device type requires a fixed number of
licenses units, depending on the type. For example, Cisco Unified IP Phone 7920 requires four license
units, and Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970 requires five units. If you want licenses for four Cisco Unified
IP Phones 7920 and four Cisco Unified IP Phones 7970 phones, you require 36 phone license units.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager contains a starter licenses that you can use to begin new
installations of Cisco Unified Communications Manager. The system overwrites the starter license when
you obtain and upload your permanent licenses. For more information on starter licenses, see the
“Starter
Licenses” section in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.
You use the Product Authorization Key (PAK) that came with your product to obtain the necessary
permanent licenses, as described in the following procedure.