Multi-tenant license allocation enables assigning specified kind of and number of licenses to tenants. This provides the separated tracking of the license usage and the feature allowance between the different tenants. Administrators within the tenants can track their own usage, and they can be alerted in the case of license violation.

Enabling Multi-tenant License Allocation

Step 1 - Go to the System \ Servers menu.

Step 2 - Select the Media Repository (or Single Server) from the list.

Step 3 - Go to the Change Configuration Settings tab.

Step 4 - Set the Network \ System \ Tenant-Based License Allocation setting to Yes.

Step 5 - Click Save.

Step 6 - Repetat the steps for all the Media Repository (or Single) servers.

Step 7 - A notification banner will appear on the top. Click on the click here link, so you will be redirected to the Configuration Tasks tab. Click on the Execute button in order to execute the changes.

Using the Tenant-Based License Allocation

Once the Tenant-Based License Allocation is enabled, the feature can be accessed by going to the System \ License menu, then clicking on the Assign Licenses link in the upper right corner.

For allocating licenses to specific tenants, first, select the tenant on the top, at the Environment setting.

In the Quantity column, the available license quantities are shown from the total license pool. The Allocated column shows the assigned licenses in the selected tenant.

Once the tenant is selected, provide the license quantities to assign or unassign in the Adjust column. The specified license quantity can be assigned to the tenant by clicking on the  icon. With the  icon, the specified quantity can be removed from the tenant, and added back to the pool. Once the licenses are assigned / unassigned, the changes can be saved by clicking on the Save button.