A temp license as I understand it has a countdown timer on it. So for example if your standby unit has a temp license the countdown timer will start if/when this firewall becomes the active unit. Unfortunately I was lead to believe this timer will not stop once started. It counts down to zero at which time the firewall needs to have a permanent license applied.This information was communicated to me from sales engineers, so you should verify this with your Cisco rep or through TAC.
Best of luck, Roger On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Anantha Subramanian Natarajan < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I was going through the ASA 8.0 DOC CD chapter 3(Managing Feature > Licenses),Am trying to understand the highlighted portion of the below > stanza > > > * > > Failover and Temporary Licenses > *With failover, identical licenses are required. For failover purposes, > temporary and permanent licenses appear to be identical, *so you can have > a permanent license on one unit and a temporary license on the other unit. > * This functionality is useful in an emergency situation; for example, if > one of your units fails, and you have an extra unit, you can install the > extra unit while the other one is repaired. If you do not normally use the > extra unit for SSL VPN, then a VPN Flex license is a perfect solution while > the other unit is being repaired. Because the temporary license continues to > count down for as long as it is activated on a failover unit, we do not > recommend using a temporary license in a permanent failover installation; > when the temporary license expires, failover will no longer work. > So what is meant by having a permanent license on one unit and temporary > license on the other unit. > > Thanks for the great help > > Regards > Anantha Subramanian Natarajan > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > >
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