VM-ELA Token Model Overview
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Created On 11/29/18 21:09 PM - Last Modified 02/24/23 15:51 PM
Symptom
- Provide access to multiple VM-Series models in a single ELA
- Allow complete flexibility to deploy any VM-Series models during the ELA term
- Maintain unbounded spirit of ELA
- The bounded or unbounded status of the ELA is displayed under Assets > Enterprise Agreements
- In the Bounded period, there is a limit on the consumption of licenses. A 150% growth cap is set for the first 1.5 yrs of 3 yr term and first 3yrs of the 5yr term.
- In the unbounded period there is no limit on the consumption of licenses.
- The bounded or unbounded status of the ELA is displayed under Assets > Enterprise Agreements
Resolution
A super user who activates the VM-ELA auth code will be automatically appointed the ELA-Administrator role in the Customer Support Portal (CSP).
- Note: ELA-Administrator role can be added & removed without restrictions by the super user on the account.
- Note: ELA Admin authority will be automatically granted to an account super user during activation of the ELA auth code under Assets > Enterprise Agreements.
- Note: ONLY the ELA- Administrator can view the buttons under Enterprise Agreements to grant and manage tokens.
Step 1: Super User - Activate ELA auth code: Assets > Enterprise Agreements
“Activate Enterprise Agreement” button using the new ELA auth code on Enterprise Agreement screen.
ELA is now displayed within the new “Enterprise Agreement: VM-Series” section on the Enterprise Agreement page.
Upon activation the super user is automatically assigned the ELA Administrator role for this account.
Upon activation two buttons will appear on the Enterprise Agreements page. These are only visible to the ELA-Administrator.
- 1. Grant VM-Series Token button: Allows the ELA Admin user to add other CSP accounts to the VM-ELA.
- The email must exist in the CSP portal in order to receive a grant.
- The CSP account user being invited must accept the grant.
- 2. Manage VM-Series Token button: allows the ELA Administrator to freely allocate tokens across different VM Model capacity licenses for CSP accounts which have been added to the ELA.
All VM platforms offered will display under Assets > VM-Series Auth-Codes
Quantities show zero if the ELA Administrator has not granted tokens to the account (example below).
Step 2: ELA Admin can grant VM-ELA access to additional CSP accounts (via email address):
The email must exist in the Customer Support Portal in order to receive a grant. Grant VM-Series function can be issued multiple times if need be.
Step 3: Account owner confirms grant Email is received:
Step 4: Receiving the grant, the account super user can click the Review Tokens Grant and Agree and Accept as shown below.
The Review Tokens Grant button will display in every account of which the grant recipient is a member. Recipient must change to the account in which they wish to accept the grant. If a user mistakenly accepts a grant into the wrong account, they can ask the ELA-Admin to retrigger the grant.
Once the grant is accepted, the support account ID will display in the Enterprise Agreements Screen.
Step 5: ELA Admin - Manage VM-Series Token:
ELA Admin can see both CSP accounts in the drop down and allocate tokens accordingly.
Only members with the ELA-Administrator Role can view or use this functionality.
The ELA Administrator selects number of VMs by model they would like to allocate tokens to per each account. The system will automatically calculate the token values for those VM’s. In this example qty 10- VM-50’s worth 100 tokens & qty 10- VM-500’s worth 1400 tokens have been allocated.
The system will automatically add the 10- VM-50’s & 10- VM-100’s into the selected CSP account “VM-Series” auth code page.
Step 6: Account owner can then register/deactivate the VM’s in the action’s column. (VM quantities & Token counts will be adjusted accordingly.)
Additional Information
See also:
Manage VM-Series ELA License Tokens
Accept the VM-Series ELA