CONVERTING TRADITIONAL COMPUTER PRODUCT LICENSES INTO CLOUD-BASED ENTITLEMENTS

摘要

Techniques are provided for converting a node-locked licensing scheme to a cloud-based management of licenses to use computer products. In one example, a license manager device of a vendor receives a request to upgrade a computer product that is associated with a node-locked certificate that configures the computer product to be node-locked to a particular device. The request includes an identifier of the computer product. The license manager device registers the product identifier to a license pool of a customer account associated with the computer product. The license pool includes entitlements to use the computer product. The license manager device searches for node-locked entitlements that are associated with the node-locked certificate. The license manager device moves the node-locked entitlements to the license pool.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a license manager, a request to upgrade a computer product associated with entitlements stored on a particular device along with the computer product, wherein the request includes an identifier for the computer product; registering the product identifier with a customer account; identifying the entitlements associated stored on the particular device; and associating the entitlements with a pool of one or more entitlements associated with the customer account.