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This chapter explains how to use the Licensing API to get updates on licenses for the Server Backup 5.0 application. This includes querying for creating, returning, upgrading, enabling, disabling, obtaining, and deleting licenses and license pools.

XML-RPC Method Calls

XML-RPC is a Remote Procedure Calling protocol that works over the Internet. An XML-RPC message is an HTTP-POST request. The body of the request is in XML. A procedure executes on the server and the value it returns is also formatted in XML. Procedure parameters can be numbers, strings, etc. They can also be complex record and list structures.

Method Calls
Method Parameters
licensing.createPooledLicense struct createPooledLicense(string poolID, string product, Map features)
licensing.disableLicense struct disableLicense(String licenseID)
licensing.enableLicense struct enableLicense(String licenseID)
licensing.getLicense struct getLicense(String licenseID)
licensing.getLicensePool struct getLicensePool(String poolID)
licensing.getLicensePools
  • array getLicensePools()
  • array getLicensePools(Map filter)
licensing.getLicenses
  • array getLicenses()
  • array getLicenses(Map filter)
  • array getLicenses(String poolID)
  • array getLicenses(String poolID, Map filter)
licensing.returnPooledLicenseFeatures struct returnPooledLicenseFeatures(String licenseID, Map features)
licensing.upgradePooledLicense struct upgradePooledLicense(String licenseID, Map features)
licensing.deletePooledLicense boolean deletePooledLicense(String poolID, String licenseID)

Method Parameter Descriptions

  • Map features - Key/value map of features and their quantity value
  • Map filter - Key/value map of filters and their value
  • String poolID - ID (UUID) of the license pool you allocate Server Backup licenses from
  • String licenseID - ID (UUID) of the Server Backup license key you created from a pool
  • String product - The product type of the license (Enterprise Edition (Win), Enterprise Edition (Linux))

Many of the methods return Maps or take Maps as arguments. These Maps may have different key/value mappings depending on the context. The Maps basically represent different objects. These objects and their corresponding key/value mappings are described below.



Features Map
Name Type Description
Physical Servers Integer Number of physical servers 
Virtual Servers Integer Number of virtual servers

Example of usage: $VIRTUAL_SERVERS = '1'; $PHYSICAL_SERVERS = '1';

Filter Map
Name Type Description
Type String Type of license ("Perpetual," "Heartbeat," "Trial," "Pooled License")
Enabled Boolean Whether or not license is enabled
Installed Boolean Whether or not license is installed
Server Description String Description of server on which license is installed
Product String Product type of the license
Product Map
Name Type Description
Enterprise Edition (Win)
String Enterprise Edition Key for Windows
Enterprise Edition (Linux)
String Enterprise Edition Key for Linux

Example of usage: $LICENSETYPE = "Enterprise Edition (Win)";


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