One license of
for Windows/Linux or
for OS X will be subtracted from the total number of available licenses.You can purchase licenses of for Windows/ Linux or for OS X. Based on your needs, you can install the protection on your computers, uninstall it, remove computers from the list of protected computers, add computers to the list, etc.
As you use your licenses, the number of available licenses will decrease.
Your licenses of for Windows/Linux can be used interchangeably on Windows or Linux computers.
If you want to protect your OS X workstations and servers you'll have to purchase specific licenses for OS X, which are different from the licenses purchased for Linux or Windows systems.
If you:
Install the protection on
a computer One license of
for Windows/Linux or
for OS X will be subtracted from the total number of available licenses.
Remove a computer from the
list of protected computers
One license of
for Windows/Linux or
for OS X will be added to the total number of available licenses, depending
on the operating system of the computer you remove.
Reduce by 'X' the number
of contracted licenses The
solution will move to the Computers without a license section in the Computers
window as many Windows/Linux or OS X computers as licenses you have deleted.
In the notification area you will see different warnings in relation to the proximity of the expiration date: whether it has been exceeded, if there are less than 60 days remaining, and if licenses expiring would leave you with fewer licenses than those currently used.
These notifications are different depending on the operating system of the computers whose licenses are about to expire. That is, warnings regarding licenses of for Windows/Linux, and for OS X appear separately.
Note: In both cases you can renew your licenses by contacting your usual reseller or sales advisor. will display a reminder in the Status window. When the 60-day period is over, you will have an additional 15-day grace period to renew your licenses. After this, you will not be able to renew them.
If you exclude a computer, it will appear in the list of excluded computers in the Computers window. Excluded computers are only displayed in the Excluded section, they are not shown anywhere else in the console. No warnings about them are displayed either.
If you try to install the protection on a computer once the maximum number of installations allowed has been exceeded, or when the license has expired, the computer will be moved to the list of computers without a license in the Computers window.
This also occurs when any restrictions placed on a group are exceeded. These restrictions are enabled in the Preferences window and configured in Settings / Edit group.
Computers without a license don't update. Also, they are not taken into account in the statistics, reports and scans performed by . However, the computer license will not be added to the total number of licenses used, but will be subtracted from it.
Refer to the Computer monitoring section for more information.