Ordering Caveonix RiskForesight licenses
This information does not apply to Regulated Workloads or Security and Compliance Readiness Bundle instances.
You can order a Caveonix RiskForesight™ license without associating it to an instance for licensing and activation of your on-premises workloads.
Before you begin
Ensure that you configured the IBM Cloud® infrastructure credentials on the Settings page. For more information, see Managing user accounts and settings.
Procedure to order Caveonix RiskForesight licenses
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From the IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions console, click Licenses from the left navigation pane.
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In the Caveonix RiskForesight licenses table, click Create new.
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Specify the resource group.
If No resource group available is displayed in this field, you currently do not have permissions to any resource group in this account. Contact the account owner to be assigned an Editor or Administrator role on a resource group in the account. For more information, see IBM Cloud IAM roles.
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Specify a new license name, or use the default one cav-xx where xx represents two randomly generated alphabetic characters. The name must be unique across all RiskForesight service instances and all instances in the IBM Cloud account.
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In the License notes field, optionally enter a note. For example, you can enter a note to help you identify associated instances.
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Specify the number of virtual machines (VMs) you want to license.
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Click the link or links of the terms and third-party service agreements that apply to your order. Ensure that you agree with these terms before you order the license.
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Click Add to estimate or Create.
Results
The ordering of the RiskForesight license starts automatically. You receive confirmation that the order is being processed and you can check the status of the order by viewing the license details.
When the license is ready to use, the status of the license is changed to Installed and you receive a notification by email.