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Deactivate License (Software NGFW Credits)

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Deactivate License (Software NGFW Credits)

Deactivate a license before you delete a firewall from the CSP Software NGFW credits deployment profile.
You must deactivate any licenses from the CSP
before
you delete a firewall (or the VM hosting the firewall) or the license credits cannot return to your credit pool.
When you have internet access to the licensing server, deactivating the firewall on the CSP automatically removes the licenses and the remaining credits are returned to the deployment profile. After you deactivate the license you must delete the firewall or it will continue to consume credits.
If you don’t have internet access, you must export the license token from the firewall. Then, in the CSP, start deactivation and upload the token (or paste in the token text) to complete the deactivation.
  • Direct internet access.
    1. Select
      Products
      Assets
      Software NGFW Credits
      and click the
      Details
      button on the credit pool you used to create your deployment profile.
    2. Locate your deployment profile, and on the far right, select the vertical ellipsis (More Options) and select
      Deactivate Firewall
      .
    3. Check the firewall you want to deactivate, and select
      Deactivate Firewall
      .
  • No internet access.
    1. Log in to the firewall web interface and select
      Device
      Licenses
      .
    2. In the License Management section, select
      Deactivate VM
      .
      Verify the list of licenses/entitlements to be deactivated on the firewall.
    3. Select
      Complete Manually
      to start the deactivation.
      Click the
      Export license token
      link to save the token file to the client. A token filename looks like this:
      20150128_1307_dact_lic.01282015.130737.tok
      At this point the license has been deactivated on the firewall, but the credits have not been returned to the credit pool.
    4. Use the token file to register the changes with the Licensing server:
      1. Select
        Products
        VM-Series Auth-Codes
        Deactivate License(s)
        .
      In the Deactivate Licenses form, paste in the token text, or copy the token to a computer with internet access and upload the token file to the CSP to complete license removal.
    5. Delete the VM
  • No internet access—Panorama management
    1. Log in to the Panorama web interface and select
      Panorama
      Device Deployment
      Licenses
      .
    2. Select Deactivate VMs
      and select the VM-Series firewall that you want to deactivate.
    3. Select
      Complete Manually
      to export the token file.
    4. Click the
      Export license token
      link to save the token file. A token filename looks like this: 20150128_1307_dact_lic.01282015.130737.tok
      If the export is successful, a completion message is displayed, and the firewall reboots automatically.
    5. Use the token file to register the changes with the licensing server.
      1. Select
        Products
        VM-Series Auth-Codes
        Deactivate License(s)
        .
      In the Deactivate Licenses form, paste in the token text, or copy the token to a computer with internet access and upload the token file to the CSP to complete license removal.
    6. (
      optional
      ) Remove the deactivated VM-Series firewall as a managed device on Panorama.
      Instead of deleting the deactivated firewalls, you can create a separate device group and assign them to it.
      1. Select
        Panorama
        Managed Devices
        .
      2. Select the firewall that you deactivated and click
        Delete
        .

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