Troubleshooting Tip: VM license 'please wait while we authenticate your VM license with the registration servers' message

- Access to the login page via the GUI. and login.

- The message below will appear:

To fix this issue:

1) To the FortiManager.

Use the following command:

# config fmupdate publicnetwork
    set status disable
end

2) To the FortiGate.

Use following commands:

# config system central-management
    set include-default-servers disable
end

# config system fortiguard
    set sdns-server-ip x.x.x.x                                                    <----- x.x.x.x is the FortiManager IP address which is needed to update or register to.
end

The error will not appear anymore after these steps.