Solution activation is the process of activating a license that allows you to use a fully-functional version of the solution until the license expires.
To activate Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.1 Light Agent, you need to add a solution license key to all the SVMs. Adding a key to an SVM lets you activate all solution components. You do not need to separately activate Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux used as a Light Agent for Linux as part of the solution.
To activate the Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum functionality, after adding a solution key, you must additionally add an active EDR Optimum license key to the SVM. Licenses for activating components of Kaspersky Security for Virtualization Light Agent do not include this functionality.
To add reserve keys to the SVM, use the Solution activation task for the Protection Server. The activation task allows you to add a key that is stored in Kaspersky Security Center key storage of to the SVM.
Automatic distribution of license keys is not supported.
Put a key in the Kaspersky Security Center key storage while creating an activation task or in advance. You can add a key to the Kaspersky Security Center key storage in one of the following ways:
After activating the solution on an SVM, the Protection Server component installed on this SVM sends license information to Light Agents connected to the SVM. If the key status changes, the Protection Server notifies the Light Agents.
If the license information is not sent, Light Agent for Linux stops working.
Information about keys added to the SVM can be viewed in the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console or in the Web Console.
You can view information about the license used by Light Agent for Linux on the protected virtual machine using the kesl-control -L --query command of the Kaspersky Endpoint Security application. For more information about Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux commands, see the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux Help.
The solution must be activated on an SVM with an accurate system date and time. If the system date and time are changed after activation of the solution, the key becomes void. The solution switches to a mode without database updates, and Kaspersky Security Network is unavailable. In this case, you need to redeploy the SVM and activate the solution on the SVM.
If your infrastructure has multiple instances of the Kaspersky Security solution installed running on multiple Kaspersky Security Center Administration Servers that are not organized in a hierarchy, you can activate different instances of Kaspersky Security by adding the same key. A key previously added to an SVM administered by a single Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server can be added to an SVM administered by a different Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server if the validity period of the license linked to the key has not expired.
When license restrictions are checked, the total number of licensing units on which the key is used on all Kaspersky Security Center Administration Servers is taken into account.
To use a previously added key without violating licensing restrictions: