Technical Tip: FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer-VM License Duplication

[jasonhong]

Description	This article describes the scenario of license duplication in FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer-VM.
Scope	FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer.
Solution	The FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer-VM license can be reused in a separate VM instance. Generally, the license is reused for VM migration purposes. To know how to reuse the FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer license, refer to the below KB article: Technical Tip: How to reuse FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer VM license Once a license file has been uploaded into a FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer-VM instance, FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer will send its license file serial number and VM instance UUID to the public FortiGuard server. If FortiGuard receives another request from a different VM instance UUID with the same license file serial number, a license duplication error will be acknowledged by FortiGuard, triggering a license duplication notification on the FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer-VM. Once the license duplication notification appears in the FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer-VM, a grace period of 24 hours will be granted to rectify the license duplication error.   The following CLI output will show the VM license details: diag debug vminfo VM license is valid.                <----- The VM license will be shown as valid within the grace period. fds_code: 401                       <----- The code '401' indicates a duplicate license. Type: Full Licensed GB/Day: 1 Max devices: 10000 Management IP: 10.0.0.1 Serial Number: FAZ-VM12345678 VM UUID: 798228f1-161f-4c34-8098-c3febc5dfb7b diag debug vminfo VM license is invalid because license is duplicated.  <----- The VM license will be shown as invalid once the grace period expired. fds_code: 401 To avoid license duplication, ensure only one VM instance is running and power down/decommission all other running VM instances that are also using the same license file Serial Number.