Entitlement Management

The following enhancement to the entitlement management was added in the 2021.01 release.

New Parameter to Control Inactivating or Obsoleting Entitlements and Line Items Currently Used by Devices

When an entitlement or line item is made Inactive or Obsolete, the licenses currently activated on a device (license server or standalone device) by that line item or entitlement remain on the device until they expire.

If this behavior is not desired, it is now possible to prevent the line item or entitlement from being made Inactive or Obsolete by setting the System Configuration option Allow used entitlement/line item state change to Inactive or Obsolete to false. An error message will then be displayed if an attempt is made to make such a line item or entitlement Inactive or Obsolete. (The option is located under System>Configuration>FlexNet Operations>General Options.)