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Installation Guide for CiscoNetwork Planning Solution
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Adding and Upgrading Licenses
To start a component program (such as Design and Analysis or Virtual Network Data Server), you must
have a valid license for that program installed on the local or a remote computer. You must add a license
for each component program included with Cisco NPS:
•Design and Analysis
•Virtual Network Data Server
This chapter describes the following operations:
•Adding a License: Workflow Description, page 5-2—Perform this workflow if you have purchased
a Cisco Solution package and want to add the new licenses.
•Upgrading a License: Workflow Description, page 5-3—Perform this workflow if you have already
added a Restricted license and want to upgrade it to an Unrestricted license.
Note You must add a license on a host where the component program can access that license on startup. You
can choose to select the license on the same computer as the program or on a remote host that is
accessible to the program. For more information about licensing options, see the “Product Licensing”
section on page 1-3.

Using the License Manager

You can see which licenses and License Servers are installed on your network by using the License
Manager. You can also perform license operations from the License Manager using the following
procedure.
Step 1 Log on to a computer that has Design and Analysis installed.
Step 2 Choose Start > Programs > CiscoNetwork Planning Solution 1.0 > License Manager. The License
Manager window appears.
Note In some cases, the License Manager might show some child windows prompting you for
additional information such as which product modules to use. You do not need to specify these
options to use the License Manager; generally you can click OK to accept the default settings
and close the child window.