Cisco Cyber Vision Classic UI Administration Guide, Release 5.6.0

PDF

Cisco Cyber Vision Classic UI Administration Guide, Release 5.6.0

Use specific license reservation

Updated: July 6, 2026

Want to summarize with AI?

Log in

Reserves license entitlements on a Cisco Cyber Vision center when security requirements prevent a persistent connection to the Cisco Smart Software Manager. This method allows for offline license management through the exchange of reservation and authorization codes.

Specific license reservation is a smart licensing method that you can use when your organization's security requirements do not allow a persistent connection between Cisco Cyber Vision center and the Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM). Specific license reservation allows you to reserve license entitlements on a center.

The process to create and register a specific license reservation spans across Cisco Cyber Vision center and Cisco Software Manager.

If you don't want to proceed with the license reservation after you generate the reservation request code in Cisco Cyber Vision center, in the License page, click Cancel Reservation Code .

If you lose the reservation request code you created in Cisco Cyber Vision center, in the License page, click View Reservation Request Code .

Before you begin

Specific License Reservation is not available by default. If you want to use this licensing method, contact your Cisco account team to get the permission to use specific license reservation. After you licensing method is granted, you can carry out the following task to register specific license reservation on your Cisco Cyber Vision center.

Follow these steps to use specific license reservation.

Procedure

  1. In the Cisco Cyber Vision center, choose Admin > License, and click Register.

  2. In the statement If your Smart Account is authorized for License Reservation and you wish to reserve licenses, start here. , click start here .

  3. Click Yes, My Smart Account is License Reservation Enabled .

  4. Click Generation Reservation Request Code .

  5. To copy the reservation code, click Save to File or Copy to clipboard .

  6. Log in to Cisco Software Manager, and perform the following:

    1. From the main menu, choose Smart Software Manager > Manage Licenses.
    2. Choose Inventory > Licenses to view your purchased smart licenses.
    3. Click License Reservation .

      A Smart License Reservation workflow dialog box is displayed.

    4. In the Step 1: Enter Request Code tab, in the field that is displayed, enter the reservation code you received from Cisco Cyber Vision center, and click Next.
    5. In the Step 2: Select Licenses tab, click the Reserve a specific license radio button. Then, in the Reserve column of the table displayed, for each license type, enter the number of license entitlements you want to reserve.

      1. Click the Reserve a specific license radio button.

      2. In the Reserve column of the table displayed, for each license type, enter the number of license entitlements you want to reserve.

      3. Click Next .

    6. In the Step 3: Review and Confirm tab, review the details of your specific license reservation, and click Generate Authorization Code .
    7. The Step 4: Authorization Code tab contains a field that displays the authorization code in the XML format. This XML content includes information about the license reservation and the Cisco Cyber Vision center for which the SLR is generated. Click Download As File to download the .txt file to your local system.
    8. In the License page of your Cisco Cyber Vision center, click Enter Reservation Authorization Code.
    9. Paste the contents of the .txt file in the text box, or click Upload and choose the .txt file that you downloaded from Cisco Software Manager, and click Install Authorization Code/File .

Update specific license reservation

If you need to update the details of your specific license reservation, create a new reservation code in Cisco Software Central. Then, register the license reservation through the Cisco Cyber Vision center.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Cisco Software Manager, and from the main menu, choose Smart Software Manager > Manage Licenses .

  2. Choose Inventory > Product Instances to view the product instances that report license usage to Cisco Software Central.

  3. Find the Cisco Cyber Vision center for which you want to update the license reservation, and click the Actions drop-down menu in the same row.

  4. Click Update Reserved Licenses .

  5. In the Step 1: Select Licenses tab, perform the following:

    1. click the Reserve a specific license radio button.
    2. In the Reserve column of the table displayed, for each license type, enter the number of license entitlements you want to reserve.
    3. Click Next .

  6. In the Step 2: Review and Confirm tab, review the details of your specific license reservation, and click Generate Authorization Code .

  7. The Step 3: Authorization Code tab contains a field that displays the authorization code in the XML format. This XML content includes information about the license reservation and the Cisco Cyber Vision center for which the SLR is generated. Click Download As File to download the .txt file to your local system.

  8. In the Cisco Cyber Vision center, choose Admin > License, and click Update Reservation . .

  9. Enter the authorization code for the updated license reservation, and click Register.

Return specific license reservation

When you return a specific license reservation, the reserved licenses are released and available in your smart licensing account for reuse. You can use them as smart licenses or as part of another license reservation.

Procedure

  1. In the Cisco Cyber Vision center, choose Admin > License .

  2. Click Return Reserved Licenses .

  3. Click Generate Reservation Return Code .

  4. Copy the code displayed in the text box, and then click Return License.

  5. Log in to Cisco Software Manager, and from the main menu, choose Smart Software Manager > Manage Licenses .

  6. Choose Inventory > Product Instances to view the product instances that report license usage to Cisco Software Central.

  7. From the Actions drop-down list for your specifc license reservation, choose Remove .

  8. Enter the reservation return code that you copied in Step 4, from Cisco Cyber Vision center.

  9. Click Remove Product Instance .