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Aleksee
Aleksee
New Member
April 15, 2019
Question

Licensing for Cold-Standby Unit

  • April 15, 2019
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Hey Guys,

In case I have an active FortiGate unit and am planning to acquire a similar unit in cold-standby mode, what do you recommend in terms of Licensing? Should I acquire a UTM Bundle License for the first unit and simply a FortiCare contract for the cold-standby one?

 

In case the active unit with the UTM Bundle license is down, as I understood, I should be doing the following:

 

1- Open a ticket with Fortinet to transfer the license from the active one to the cold-standby one and get in touch with the TAC unit to proceed accordingly

2- Proceed with an RMA to exchange the defected one

3 - As a result, the cold-standby unit will become the primary unit and the exchanged unit will become the cold-standby unit.

 

Appreciate your feedback.

 

Thanks.

    1 reply

    Toshi_Esumi
    SuperUser
    Toshi_Esumi
    SuperUser
    April 15, 2019

    No, that's not going to work. Licenses need to match between all units in a cluster. HA wouldn't form without the condition. You can ask TAC with the current unit you have if you have any doubt.

    Toshi_Esumi
    SuperUser
    Toshi_Esumi
    SuperUser
    April 15, 2019

    Ok, you said cold-standby. Now definitely you need to ask TAC if they allow license transfer without writing off the serial number from the book for the "dead" device.

    hohosecure
    hohosecure
    New Member
    April 16, 2019

    I would think that if you transfer the contract from the "broken" unit to the cold-standby then you will not be able to create an RMA request for the "broken" unit as it will no longer have a contract.

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