If the number is 30 days or more, the status changes to Invalid. A check is made against how many days the warning status has been continuous. Invalid: The VM cannot connect and validate against a FortiGuard or FortiManager server. If the number is less the 30 days the status does not change.

Warning: The VM cannot connect and validate against a FortiGuard or FortiManager server. Valid: The VM can connect and validate the license against a FMG or FDS server. Pending: A temporary state wherein the VM is attempting to validate its license. In summary, the “License Status” field can be in state “Pending” or “Valid” if the licensing process is going fine, and “Warning” or “Invalid” if something wrong is detected. If the network connection is restored, the re-validation succeeds and the license status comes back to “Valid”, otherwise the license status becomes “Invalid” after the grace period of 30 days elapses and the FGT-VM ceases functioning. If not, for example because of a network connection issue, the license status changes to “Warning”. If the license re-validation is successful, the license status stays “Valid”. Periodically, on an hourly basis, the FGT-VM needs to re-validate its license against FortiGuard or FortiManager. This can be verified using the “get system status” command: Once validated, the FGT-VM license status changes to “Valid” (4). Once installed, the permanent license needs to be validated by FortiGuard or by FortiManager in case the FGT-VM is installed in a closed environment without Internet access.ĭuring that time, the license status is usually “Pending”. KEY : A 10 digit number uniquely identifying a FGT-VM Serial Number or ‘UNLICENSED’ for trial/evaluation licenses

It has to be noted that ‘00’ corresponds to the default FGT-VM model, the one that is associated with trial/evaluation licenses XX : a number (00, 01, 02, 04, 08, etc.) which is defining the FGT-VM model. FGVM : a string indicating the Serial Number pertains to a FGT-VM Indeed, a FGT-VM Serial Number is composed of 3 different parts which follow the “” pattern wherein:

This information is also reflected in the Serial Number that is going to be assigned to the FGT-VM, in replacement of the default Serial Number (FGVM00UNLICENSED), at the time the permanent license file is installed. Such type of license must be obtained from the Customer & Service Support website and installed on the FGT-VM either at the GUI or at the CLI.Ī license file contains information on the FGT-VM model that has been purchased such as the minimum and maximum number of Virtual Domains, Virtual CPUs, Virtual Network Interfaces, Virtual Memory size, Virtual Storage size, etc. A permanent license must be installed on the FGT-VM before the trial/evaluation license expires and the FGT-VM ceases functioning.

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