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AOS/Prism licensing (Legacy Licensing)

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Hussain.abedin
Nutanix Employee
Hussain.abedinNutanix Employee
posted in AOS/Prism licensing (Legacy Licensing)
License Conversion Requirements

In order to convert your legacy old licenses (AOS/Prism) to the new cloud platform (NCI/NCM/NUS) licenses, you will need have the following requirements:For Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), minimum versions are: AOS 6.0.1.7 NCC 4.3.0 pc.2021.9 For Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Self-Service, minimum version is pc.2023.3. For Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), minimum versions are: AOS 6.1.1 NCC 4.5.0 pc.2022.4 For NCI Edge, minimum versions are: AOS 6.7 and pc.2023.3. Dark site clusters minimum versions are: AOS 6.1.1 NCC 4.6.2 pc.2022.4  The cluster must be fully licensed before conversion, or you must have enough available licenses to fully convert the cluster (combination of old and new licenses). If two licenses merge into one, the expiration date must be the same. For example, AOS + Flow or Prism + Calm. All existing Prism licenses in a Prism Central instance must be converted to NCM. You must apply all Flow and Encryption licenses. Unapplied Flow and Encryption licenses are

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Hussain.abedin
Nutanix Employee
6 months ago
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jdestombesExplorer
asked in AOS/Prism licensing (Legacy Licensing)
Legacy License - AOS 6.10

Hello, I must upgrade a cluster from AOS 5.15.5 to AOS 6.10.The cluster owns legacy license that are already under maintenance. Do I need to convert them to the new Portfolio ?I prefer to keep the legacy license because the cluster is highlty use and I am not want to a one or three PC VM.I think the conversion is not mandatory but I can’t find the official documentation. Thanks for any answer.Julien

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Stephen Smith
Nutanix Employee
1 month ago
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Nischitha ShettyNutanix Employee
posted in AOS/Prism licensing (Legacy Licensing)
Warning! The current license level does not allow for the use of this feature

If you see a warning that says, "Warning! The current license level does not allow for the use of this feature" while creating a File Server, you can still proceed by clicking Continue. This warning is informational and will not prevent the file server creation process from continuing.   If the CONTINUE field is greyed out, you need to download the file image and set the data services IP. This will enable the CONTINUE button.          

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Nutanix Employee
5 months ago
Hussain.abedin
Nutanix Employee
Hussain.abedinNutanix Employee
posted in AOS/Prism licensing (Legacy Licensing)
License Conversion Limitation

You will not be able to convert the following licenses to our new Nutanix Cloud Platform LicensingEPA (Enterprise Purchase Agreement) LOD (Life of Device) Non-renewable NTE (Not To Exceed) One-time use POC (Proof of Concept) SWO (software only) perpetualFollowing scenarios will not allow a conversion operation:A license upgrade quote is in flight The license is due for renewal in the next 90 days A renewal opportunity is in the advanced stage Role-based access control (RBAC) accounts and RBAC-based users cannot perform conversions in the following scenarios.Capacity cores are in one account and flash storage capacity is in another account An AOS Ultimate license is in one account and a Flow license is in another account An Objects license is in one account and a Files license is in another account A Prism Pro license is in one account and a Calm Cores license is in another account A VDI Pro license is in one account and an Encryption license is in another account A VDI Pro license is i

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Hussain.abedin
Nutanix Employee
6 months ago
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Nutanix Employee
Priya Daphne.MNutanix Employee
posted in AOS/Prism licensing (Legacy Licensing)
Your environment is partially licensed. The operational features and data will be available for licensed clusters only.

Prism Central displays a blue banner with the following message even though the cluster is fully licensed:Your environment is partially licensed. The operational features and data will be available for licensed clusters only.  This is a cosmetic issue that does not impact performance or functionality.This issue is fixed in Prism Central pc.2023.1.0.2 and newer releases.   

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Nutanix Employee
5 months ago
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CalderVSVoyager
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I am trying to activate the license of a Lenovo cluster with 6 HX650 V3 nodes error No compatible products

 After deploying 6 Lenovo ThinkAgile HX650 V3 CE nodes in a single cluster, Nutanix Prism Element shows that it has no active licenses. In the Nutanix portal website with the end user credentials, it can be seen that it has the starter and pro licenses. When uploading the cluster summary file generated by Nutanix Prism Element, it shows the error "No compatible products found for the uploaded cluster summary file". The cluster does not have access to DNS or an NTP server. I have also tried entering the cluster information as Dark Site but it continues to show the same error. I would appreciate it if you could tell me how I can overcome the error and upload the license. Thank you.

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Stephen Smith
Nutanix Employee
11 days ago
Antonio.Bahena
Nutanix Employee
Antonio.BahenaNutanix Employee
posted in AOS/Prism licensing (Legacy Licensing)
Renewed Licenses not updated in Prism Central 

Getting notifications about expired licenses every time you open Prism Central, however, the licenses have been renewed?  Dont worry! If you renewed the licenses and the old expiration date is still showing up on Prism Central or the Portal all we need to do is relicense Prism so the latest expiration date is updated. Complete the Licensing process in Prism Central and your environment shouldl be updated to the latest expirations.Check KB 8098 for detailed instructions for non renewed and KB 7837 for already renewed licenses…

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Antonio.Bahena
Nutanix Employee
5 months ago
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alesys15Explorer
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Nutanix CE Role

 

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JeroenTielen
2 months ago
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Nutanix Employee
AnushNutanix Employee
posted in AOS/Prism licensing (Legacy Licensing)
Flow violation on Prism Central

Some of you might be receiving a red banner in Prism Central saying you have license violation for Flow license like in the below screenshot, If you want to continue using Flow Network Security (FNS), install a valid Flow license. Refer to the Licensing documentation on the Support PortalHowever, if you are not using Flow Network Security (FNS) or any of its related features and still receive this warning, this is a known issue in Prism Central version pc.2022.x.x and has been fixed in pc version above pc.2023.x. However, this violation banner does not impact production or cluster functionalities.  You can learn more about Flow and its features here - https://www.nutanix.com/products/legacy/software-options As always, should you have any questions or face any issues, please feel free to reach out to us or create a case by writing to portal-accounts@nutanix.com and we will be happy to assist you. 

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5 months ago

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