Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to VM-Flex Licensing without Local Log Collector

Obtain the Panorama serial number and auth code from your flexible VM-Series licensing deployment profile.
Log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support Portal (CSP).
Create a deployment profile that enables a Panorama virtual appliance.
Provision Panorama to generate the a serial number for Panorama.
Copy the
Serial Number
and
Auth Code
.
Log in to the Panorama web interface.
Select
Panorama
Setup
Management
and edit the General Settings.
Enter the
Serial Number
provided by Palo Alto Networks.
The Panorama serial number and authorization code you generated in the previous step.
Click
OK
.
Select
Commit
and
Commit to Panorama
.
Restart management server on the Panorama virtual appliance.
Log in to the Panorama CLI.
Restart the management server.
admin>
 debug software restart process management-server
All administrators are logged out of the Panorama web interface and CLI when you restart the management server.
Verify that the support and device management licenses are successfully activated.
Log in to the Panorama web interface.
Select
Panorama
Licenses
and
Retrieve license keys from license server
.
Verify the
Device Management License
displays the correct number of devices.
Select
Panorama
Support
and verify that the correct support
Level
and
Expiry Date
are displayed.
Synchronize the production Panorama virtual appliance with the firewalls to resume firewall management.
Complete this step during a maintenance window to minimize network disruption.
On the production Panorama virtual appliance, select
Panorama
Managed Devices
and verify that the Device State column displays
Connected
for the firewalls.
At this point, the Shared Policy (device groups) and Template columns display
Out of sync
for the firewalls.
Push your changes to device groups and templates:
Select
Commit
Push to Devices
and
Edit Selections
.
Select
Device Groups
, select every device group,
Include Device and Network Templates
, and click
OK
.
Push
your changes.
In the
Panorama
Managed Devices
page, verify that the Shared Policy and Template columns display
In sync
for the firewalls.