License Server Management

belden uses an integrated license server to manage site based licenses for belden horizon data operation and belden horizon data manager this system enables efficient activation and monitoring of your instances across different sites after receiving a site license key from belden, a respective site license can then be generated and added to the embedded license server the site license will then be automatically used when activating an edge device with belden horizon data manager see docid\ tdj648wjgatvqzyx79uwb for more information the license server management pane includes the following sections core license list displays all activated site licenses and their statuses for connected edge devices feature license list displays a list of features enabled with the activated site license offline activation enables you to activate a site license key with the license portal and add the respective site license to access the license server management ui log in to the belden horizon data manager (bhdm) admin console at the following url https //\[bhdm ip address] 8446 from the navigation panel, select license server management the license server management pane appears license server note for belden horizon data manager version 2 12 0 and later, the user interface is split into two tabs license server and license clients you can view and manage the following sections in the license server tab core license list the core license list includes the following information status the current operational status of the site license license name identifier for the license feature enabled for your edge devices expiry date the date on which the license will expire \[1] show filter / hide filter search by license name , expiry date \[2] refresh \[3] action menu remove feature license list the feature license list includes the following information status the status for each site license feature license name the name of license features included for your connected edge devices in use the number of iterations that are currently in use for your license features available the number of iterations that are available for your license features total count the total number of iterations that are available for your license features expiry date the expiration date for the license feature this section lists available features with the activated site license for edge devices the license sku determines the available site license features and may include analytics backup core catalog devices marketplace license core opcua tags updates \[4] show filter / hide filter search by license name , total count, expiry date \[5] refresh use the show filter / hide filter button to search by license name , total count , or expiry date the action menu also provides an option to remove a license when necessary offline activation note this version of offline activation is available for belden horizon data manager version 2 8 0 and later you can add a core or an add on license for edge devices fr om the offline activation section in the license server management pane once the licenses are added, edge devices that have been or will be activated with a site license will receive the core and all the add on site licenses while multiple add on licenses can be added as needed, only one core license can exist before you begin make sure you have a site license key you can request a site license key from belden add a site license offline to add a site based license offline from the create activation request section, enter the site license key i n the license key field ( optional) from the license type drop down menu, select a license type to add click generate request the activation request appears in the activation request field next to the activation request field, click the copy activation request icon the activation request is copied to your clipboard click next from the make license file section, click the license portal link the licensing portal page opens in a new tab in the activation request field, paste the activation request, and then click make license (you may need to verify i'm not a robot ) the encoded license appears in the activation result field next to the activation result field, click the copy content to clipboard icon return to the make license file section in the offline activation browser tab, and then click next from the add license section, in the license field, paste the encoded license, and then click add license the license is added license allocation note for belden horizon data manager version 2 26 0 and later, the user interface is split into three tabs license server, license allocation, and license clients you can now allocate data points at the company/project level within a site license this lets you control and manage data usage across multiple sites or divisions it's important to note that this feature is only available for site licenses, so the associated edge device allocation is done per site license to access the license allocation ui from the navigation panel, select license allocation the license allocation pane appears action details \[1] show filter / hide filter search for licenses to allocate in the table \[2] add allocation add or edit a license allocation to configure select the company and project for the license allocation enter the number of data points to allocate select the expiry date for the allocation \[3] export allocations (csv) download the list of licenses allocated in csv format \[4] refresh list update the display for the license allocated in the list table \[5] action select the following options add allocation add or edit a license allocation delete allocation remove the allocated license license clients note for belden horizon data manager version 2 12 0 and later, the user interface is split into two tabs license server and license clients you can create and manage edge devices connected to the license server from the license clients tab the license clients tab allows you to manage the list of belden horizon data operations instances that are clients to the license server you can also add license clients directly without having to first activate through belden horizon data manager and connect it through a proxy to create an activation request for a device on the license server from the license clients tab, click the add icon the create new request dialog box displays label enter a label to identify the activated device url review and confirm the license server url update the port value as needed configure the details for the request click create the new request created dialog box displays click the copy icon for the activation request log in to the belden horizon data operations instance you want to activate and navigate to system > license in the license server settings section, click set server the set license server configuration dialog box displays in the configuration field, paste the request you copied earlier and click save if the activation was successful, a success message displays to remove an activated device from the list, click the action menu and select revoke activation