How To Use The VLP (Vector License Portal)

Vector License Portal
How to use the VLP (Vector License Portal)
V2.1 | 2021-05-26
Agenda
1. How to work with VLP

▪ How to log in
▪ How to set filter
▪ How to change/personalize view
▪ How to create CSV exports
2. How to edit licenses

▪ How to add information to (one/various) license
▪ How to set an assignment (device license / named-user license)
▪ How to delete an assignment (device license)
3. How to work with Activation Keys

▪ How to create Activation Keys
▪ How to bundle Activation Keys
▪ How to split Activation Keys
4. How to distribute and transfer licenses

▪ How to distribute a license (device/named-user)
▪ How to transfer license (device/named-user)
2
How to work with VLP
How to log in
1. Open the Vector Customer Portal
✓ https://portal.vector.com/
2. Insert your personal login data
To get access to the License Management tab in the Vector

Customer Portal, you have to create a user account before.
3
How to log in
1. Open the Vector Customer Portal
Login_Name
✓ https://portal.vector.com/ 3
2. Insert your personal login data
3. Click on License Management

✓ Here you can find all licenses of your ELA
4
How to set filter
1
1. On the left side, filter can be set 3 4 5
Example: Find your activated licenses

2. Select filter Activated: Yes 2
3. Find only activated licenses in the

column Activated Device Name
4. Find the user who activated the

license in the column Activated by
User Name
5. Find licenses based on own criteria

(e. g. cost center)
5
How to change overview
1
1. Choose between detailed view
✓ Information e. g. Status, Activated
Device, Activation Keys, …. can be
displayed
✓ Different columns can be selected by
the column chooser
2. and summary view

✓ Multiple licenses can be easily selected
for editing
6
How to personalize view
1. Open the column chooser 1
✓ Click on the burger menu with the three lines
2
2. Select the relevant columns
✓ Toggle on each property field to
show it (✓) or hide it (x)
A detailed description of the columns can be found in the document

Vector License Portal, which can be opened via ? .
7
How to personalize view (detailed)
1. Open the column chooser 3 4
✓ Click on the burger menu with the three lines
2. Select the relevant columns

✓ Click on the desired characteristic to
show it (✓) or hide it (x)
3. Change the width of the columns

✓ Click between two columns and drag the
column to the desired size
4. Move the columns

✓ Click on the required column and use drag
and drop to arrange it
8
How to create CSV exports
1
1. Click on the button CSV export
2. Select the desired export format 2

✓ The selection and column arrangement
have no effect on the export
✓ All available information from the ELA will
be exported
✓ Reduction/filtering of the information can
also be done later, when opening the
exported CSV file with a spreadsheet
program, e.g. Excel.
Select a different delimiter (, or ;) if the file is not displayed

correctly.
9
Agenda

▪ How to Login



10
How to edit licenses
How to add information to one specific license
1. Open the editing menu of the desired
license
✓ Click on the pencil icon in the second 1
column of the desired license
2. Edit entries 2
✓ Add entries to Free Text 1,2,3
✓ Entries can be edited afterwards or
deleted with the recycle bin icon.
The filter area, summary or detailed view may help you to find
the precise license(s).
11
How to add information to various licenses
2
1. Select the licenses you want to edit
✓ Click on the check mark in the first
column to select the license you want to
1
edit
2. Open the editing menu of the desired 3

licenses
✓ Click on the red pencil icon in the menu
bar of the overview
✓ More than one license can only be edited
with the red pencil
3. Edit entries
✓ Add entries to Free Text 1,2,3
✓ Entries can be edited afterwards or
deleted with the recycle bin icon.
The selection of licenses can take place filter-overlapping. Licenses for one filter setting can be selected
first and then licenses for another filter setting. Then selected licenses can be changed in one step.
12
How to set an assignment (device license)
2
1
edit

licenses
bar of the overview
✓ More than one license can only be edited 3 4
with the red pencil
3. Select Device
✓ Click on the drop-down icon
✓ Select the device type you want to assign
a license to
4. Enter entries
✓ (Only possible for not assigned licenses)
✓ Type in the Serial Number of the desired
device
✓ Click on the Save button to accept the
editing
The serial number of a device can be found on the back of the VN devices
under the barcode. The SN of the Vector Keyman can be found on the metal
housing. To assign a license to PC please use the PC name.
13
How to set an assignment (named-user license)
2
✓ Click on the check mark in the first 1
edit

licenses
bar of the overview 3
✓ More than one license can only be edited
with the red pencil
3. Enter entries
✓ Type in the Windows login name of the
desired user
editing
✓ If desired, additional information can be
added by Free Text fields
 Before the first use, the named-user license must be assigned to a person!
 To assign a license to a user, please use the user's Windows login name.
 Pay attention to the upper-case and lower-case input (the input is case sensitive)
14
How to delete an assignment
2
1
edit

licenses
bar of the overview
✓ More than one license can only be edited 3
with the red pencil
3. Delete entries
✓ Click on the recycle bin icon
editing
 Assignments should only be changed for not activated licenses, unless the license should be "reclaimed".
 If licenses are activated, you should talk to the user in advance.
15
Agenda

▪ How to Login



16
How to work with Activation Keys
How to create Activation Keys
1. Select license
✓ Click on the check mark in the first 1
column to select the license for which you
want to create an Activation Key
2. Create Activation Key

✓ Click on Create Activation Key below
the license overview
3
3. Further use (copy and/or edit) 3
✓ You can copy the key to your clipboard
✓ To edit only the selected license, click on
Configure Licenses. Only the selected
license will be shown for further steps
 Activation Keys can only be changed after the initial creation. It is not possible to delete them afterwards.
 The Activation Key will be saved in the license overview. Or you can copy it directly to the clipboard for
future use.
 If the licenses have already been activated once, you will be notified by a hint. In this case, you can still
continue with the activation process by clicking Create Activation Key. Only the newly created
Activation Key will be valid after this procedure
17
How to bundle Activation Keys
1. Select licenses
column to select the licenses for which
you want to create one common
Activation Key
3
✓ Click on Create Activation Key below 3
3. Further use (copy and/or edit) 1

✓ You can copy the key to your clipboard
✓ To edit only the selected licenses click on
Configure Licenses. Only the selected
licenses will be shown for further steps 1
2
 It is not possible to delete keys after creation. Therefor it can be time-consuming to split bundled keys
afterwards.
 If the licenses have already been activated once, you will be notified by a hint. In this case, you can still continue
with the activation process by clicking Create Activation Key. Only the newly created Activation Key will be valid
after this procedure
 The filter-overlapping selection function can be used to combine several licenses in one key at the same time.
18
How to split Activation Keys (1/2)
1. Set the filter for licenses with one
common key 1 2
✓ Select in the filter overview on the left
side, the Activation Key you want to split
2. Select license(s) for which a separate

key should be created
✓ Click the check mark in the first column
to select the license for which you want
to split the keys.

 Single or multiple licenses can be selected for the splitting of licenses.

 When multiple licenses are selected, they all receive the same new
Activation Key per splitting procedure (Create Activation Key).
19
How to split Activation Keys (2/2)
1. Set the filter for licenses with one
common Key
✓ Select in the filter overview on the left 5
side, the Activation Key you want to split
2. Select license(s) for which a key should

separate
✓ Click the check mark in the first column
to select the license for which you want 4
to split the keys.

✓ Click on “Create Activation Key” below

✓ Confirm Create Activation Key to
create the new key
5. Repeat the procedure

✓ Repeat the procedure for each license or
license bundle that should be splitted
It is not possible to delete Activation Keys after creation. Therefor it

can be time-consuming to split bundled keys afterwards.
20
Agenda

▪ How to Login



21
How to distribute and transfer licenses
How to distribute a device license (1/2)
1 Select migration- or
1. Select the correct licenses type
full-license
✓ Use the filter panel to select migration- or
full license depending on your use-case 2 Use license with
(slide 5). existing key?
YES
2. Check if an Activation Key already exist 3 Use a not assigned
✓ Display the column Activation Key NO
license?
(slide 7) and check if an Activation Key
exists. NO
✓ If no key exists, create Activation Key 4 Delete existing
YES
(slide 17) and share the key. assignment
3. Check if you want to use an assigned or

5 Use new
not assigned license
Activation Key?
✓ Opt. 1) Use the filter panel on the left to
set your desired filter (slide 5). YES
✓ Opt. 2) Display the column Assigned 6
(slide 7) and check if the licenses is Create Activation Key NO
already assigned.
✓ Attention: Use for the next step only
licenses which are not activated! 7
Share Activation Key
You can use the .csv export to get a quick overview of your
licenses and existing Activation Key or to share Activation Keys.
22
How to distribute a device license (2/2)
4. Delete existing assignment
full-license
✓ If you want to use an already assigned
license you have to delete the 2 Use license with
assignment to use the license with existing key?
another device (slide 15).
YES
3 Use a not assigned
5. Decide if you want to use a new NO
license?
Activation Key
✓ Reasons for the creation of a new key NO
can be: 4 Delete existing
YES
− The old key should not be able to be assignment
used again (license was "confiscated"
by the admin)
5 Use new
− Several licenses should be bundled to
Activation Key?
one key
YES
6
✓ Select the desired license click on Create Create Activation Key NO
Activation Key (slide 17).
7. Share Activation Key 7

✓ Share the existing or new created Share Activation Key
Activation Key.
23
How to distribute a named-user license (1/2)
1. Select the correct licenses type
full-license
✓ Use the filter panel to select migration- or
full license depending on you use-case 2 Use license with
(slide 5). existing key?
YES
2. Check if a Activation Key already exist 3 Use a not assigned
✓ Display the column Activation Key NO
license?
(slide 7) and check if an Activation Key
exists. NO
✓ If no key exists, create Activation Key 4 Delete existing
YES
(slide 17) and share the key. assignment
3. Check if you want to use a assigned or

5 Use new
not assigned license
Activation Key?
✓ Opt. 1) Use the filter panel on the left to
set your desired filter (slide 5). YES
✓ Opt. 2) Display the column Assigned 6
(slide 7) and check if the licenses is Create Activation Key NO
already assigned.
✓ Attention: Use for the next step only
licenses which are not activated! 7
Assign license to a user
8
Share Activation Key
You can use the .csv export to get a quick overview of your
licenses and existing Activation Key or to share Activation Keys.
24
How to distribute a named-user license (2/2)
4. Delete existing assignment
full-license
✓ If you want to use an already assigned
license you have to delete the 2 Use license with
assignment first (slide 15). existing key?
YES
5. Decide if you want to use a new 3 Use a not assigned
Activation Key NO
license?
✓ Reasons for the creation of a new key
can be: NO
− The old key should not be able to be YES
4 Delete existing
used again (license was "confiscated" assignment
by the admin)
− Several licenses should be bundled to
5 Use new
one key
Activation Key?
6. Create Activation Key YES

✓ Select the desired license click on Create
6
Activation Key (slide 17). Create Activation Key NO
7. Assign the license

✓ Use the Windows Login name to assign a 7
license to a user (slide 14). Assign license to a user
8. Share Activation Key 8

✓ Share the existing or new created Share Activation Key
Activation Key.
25
How to transfer license from one device to another
26
How to transfer named-user license
27
For more information about Vector
and our products please visit
www.vector.com
Author:
Vector Germany
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How to use the VLP (Vector License Portal)

1. How to work with VLP

2. How to edit licenses

3. How to work with Activation Keys

4. How to distribute and transfer licenses

2. Insert your personal login data

To get access to the License Management tab in the Vector

2. Insert your personal login data

3. Click on License Management

Example: Find your activated licenses

3. Find only activated licenses in the

4. Find the user who activated the

5. Find licenses based on own criteria

2. and summary view

A detailed description of the columns can be found in the document

2. Select the relevant columns

3. Change the width of the columns

4. Move the columns

2. Select the desired export format 2

Select a different delimiter (, or ;) if the file is not displayed

1. How to work with VLP

2. How to edit licenses

3. How to work with Activation Keys

4. How to distribute and transfer licenses

2. Open the editing menu of the desired 3

2. Open the editing menu of the desired

2. Open the editing menu of the desired

2. Open the editing menu of the desired

1. How to work with VLP

2. How to edit licenses

3. How to work with Activation Keys

4. How to distribute and transfer licenses

2. Create Activation Key

3. Further use (copy and/or edit) 1

2. Select license(s) for which a separate

3. Create Activation Key

 Single or multiple licenses can be selected for the splitting of licenses.

2. Select license(s) for which a key should

3. Create Activation Key

4. Create Activation Key

5. Repeat the procedure

It is not possible to delete Activation Keys after creation. Therefor it

1. How to work with VLP

2. How to edit licenses

3. How to work with Activation Keys

4. How to distribute and transfer licenses

3. Check if you want to use an assigned or

7. Share Activation Key 7

3. Check if you want to use a assigned or

6. Create Activation Key YES

7. Assign the license

8. Share Activation Key 8

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