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About licensing the system

The licensing component provides an interface for viewing and managing the system's license. Licensing procedures for physical systems differ from those for virtual (Unitrends Backup) systems.

Physical systems are shipped fully licensed. If you need to update a license, apply the license you receive from Unitrends as described in To add or update a license.

Virtual systems are deployed without a license. After deploying the system to a virtual machine, you must register and license the system. Register the system as described in the applicable deployment guide (Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup Installable Software, Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup on VMware, or Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup on Hyper-V). Then apply the license you receive from Unitrends as described in To add or update a license.