Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Importing Product Licenses into License Manager

Import product licenses you create into License Manager using a downloadable template.

You can create product licenses using a downloadable, predefined Excel template, and then import them individually or in bulk into License Manager. The following types of licenses are supported for import:

  • Full Use: Licenses that have a specific count associated with them. See your support contract for any licensing details, and account for any usage outside of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure when entering quantities for Full Use licenses. You can import several files but they can only be imported one at a time.
  • ULA: Unlimited License Agreement. A count doesn't need to be entered for ULA licenses.
    1. Open the navigation menu and select Governance & Administration. Under License Manager, select Product Licenses.
      The Product licenses list page opens. All product licenses in the selected compartment are displayed in a table.
    2. Select Import Oracle Product Licenses.
      The Import Oracle Product Licenses panel opens.
    3. Select Download Template.
      The bulkUploadTemplate.xlsx template is downloaded to your computer. The template file has the following fields:
      • Product Name
      • Metric
      • License Term
      • License End Date: A license end date isn't needed for a perpetual license.
      • License Level
      • License Count
      • CSI
      • Support Contract End Date

      Each row represents one product license. For descriptions of the fields, see Creating a Product License.

    4. Update the Excel file with your license information and save it where it can be uploaded to the License Manager.
    5. On the Import Oracle Product Licenses panel, select Drop a file or select one and browse to the Excel file containing the product licenses to upload it. You can also drag the Excel file into in the panel to upload it.
    6. Select Import.
      The Excel file is uploaded. A confirmation message appears in the Product Licenses page to indicate how many license records were imported, and if any duplicates were found.

  • Importing license records into License Manager consists of the following tasks performed in order:

    Downloading the and Completing the Excel Template

    Use the oci license-manager bulk-upload-template get command and required parameters to download the Excel template to your computer:

    oci license-manager bulk-upload-template get [OPTIONS]

    The bulkUploadTemplate.xlsx template is downloaded to your computer. Complete the template to create a product license file as described in Using the Console.

    Importing the Licenses into License Manager

    Use the oci license-manager license-record import-licenses command and required parameters to import the completed Excel license file into License Manager:

    oci license-manager license-record import-licenses --compartment-id compartment-ocid --file-content file_content [OPTIONS] --file-name file_name [OPTIONS]

    compartment-ocid is the compartment where the license file is uploaded to.

    file_content is the path of the license file on your computer to be uploaded.

    file_name is the name of the license file.

    For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

  • Importing license records into License Manager consists of the following tasks performed in order:

    Downloading the and Completing the Excel Template

    Run the GetBulkUploadTemplate operation to download the Excel template to your computer.

    The bulkUploadTemplate.xlsx template is downloaded to your computer. Complete the template to create a product license file as described in Using the Console.

    Importing the Licenses into License Manager

    Run the BulkUploadLicenseRecords operation to import the completed Excel license file into License Manager.