About the license
A license is a time-limited right to use a Kaspersky application, granted under the End User License Agreement.
The available functionality and period for use of the application depend on the type of license under which the application is being used.
The following license types are available for Kaspersky applications:
- Trial – a free license intended for trying out a Kaspersky application.
Trial licenses have a short validity period. When the trial license expires, Kaspersky applications no longer perform all of their functions. To continue using the application, you need to purchase a commercial license.
You can activate a Kaspersky application under a trial license for only one trial period.
- Commercial — a paid license.
The main functions of a Kaspersky application stop working when a commercial license expires.
Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.2 Light Agent stops updating the solution's database and using Kaspersky Security Network after the commercial license expires. You can still protect and scan virtual machines, but only using the solution databases that were installed before the license expiration date. To continue using Kaspersky Security in fully functional mode, you must renew your commercial license.
It is recommended to renew the license before its expiration date to ensure maximum protection of virtual machines against security threats.
The main licenses for Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.2 Light Agent are available in the following two editions:
- Standard license
- Enterprise license
A main license is required to activate the solution. The type of the main license determines the how much of the solution's functionality is available.
A main license for the solution may or may not include additional Light Agent functionality (for example, integration with Kaspersky Detection and Response solutions). To activate additional Light Agent functionality, you can use separate licenses, for example, a license to activate the functionality of Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum. If the main license under which you are using the solution does not include the additional functionality you need, you will need to purchase a separate license to activate the additional functionality.
To clarify the range of functionality included in the main license and a license obtained for additional functionality, please contact the Kaspersky partner from whom you are purchasing the license.
Keep in mind that the scope of functionality available on the Light Agent depends on the license under which the solution is activated on the SVM:
- If you want to use the Light Agent functionality included in the Enterprise license, you need to connect the Light Agent to a SVM on which the solution is activated under the Enterprise license. When connecting to an SVM on which the solution is activated under a Standard license, less functionality is available on the Light Agent.
- If you want to use additional Light Agent functionality (for example, integration the Kaspersky Detection and Response solution or integration with Kaspersky Unified Monitoring and Analysis Platform), you need to connect the Light Agent to an SVM on which the solution is activated under a license that includes this additional functionality, or to an SVM for which a separate license key for activating the additional functionality has been added. When a Light Agent is disconnected from the current SVM and connects to an SVM on which additional functionality has not been activated, the functionality becomes unavailable on the Light Agent.
To prevent Light Agents from switching between SVMs with different license types, you can use connection tags or a list of SVMs available for connection to limit the number of SVMs available to a Light Agent.
The following licensing schemes are available for Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.2 Light Agent:
- Licensing based on the number of virtual machines protected using the solution. This licensing scheme uses keys for virtual machines regardless of the operating system type, as well as server keys and desktop keys (depending on the operating system type of the virtual machines). In accordance with the license restriction, the solution is used to protect a certain number of virtual machines.
You have the right to use the Kaspersky Security solution under a license with a limitation on the number of workstations only to protect virtual machines with desktop operating system or to protect devices that are used as workstations, including as part of VDI.
- Licensing by number of cores used in the physical processors on the hypervisors on which protected virtual machines are running. This licensing scheme employs keys with a limitation on the number of processor cores. In accordance with the license restrictions, the solution is used to protect all virtual machines with the Light Agent component, which can run on hypervisors that use a certain number of physical processor cores.
- Licensing by the number of processors used on the hypervisors on which protected virtual machines are running. This licensing scheme employs keys with a limitation on the number of processors. In accordance with the license restrictions, the solution is used to protect all virtual machines with the Light Agent component, which can run on hypervisors that use a certain number of processors.