Settings

This topic describes the notification settings for the NetWitness in the Licensing panel > Settings tab.

Workflow

This workflow illustrates the end-to-end licensing process.

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Configure License Notifications

Quick Look

From the Settings tab you can:

  • Configure licensing notifications.
  • Download an Offline Capability Request in NetWitness for submission to DLC.
  • Within 72 hours, upload to NetWitness an Offline Response that was received from DLC.

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The following table describes the Settings tab features.

1 Displays the License Reset panel which applies the default license settings.
2

Displays the Licensing Notifications panel.
3

Displays the Notification Type. There are three types of notifications:

  • Email: Checkbox to receive a notification of approaching license expiration in an email message. The email is sent to the configured email or distribution list.
  • Syslog: Checkbox to receive a notification of approaching license expiration in an syslog message. The syslog is generated in accordance with the settings in the Syslog Auditing Settings.
  • SNMP Trap: Checkbox to receive a notification of approaching license expiration in an SNMP trap. The trap is generated in accordance with the settings in the SNMP Auditing Settings.
4

Displays the type of Alert Notification.

  • Login: Select this checkbox to receive a notification of your approaching license expiration when you log on to NetWitness. The Login Window Threshold field specifies the number of days before the license expires to display the notification at log on.
  • Notification Tray: Select this checkbox to receive a notification of approaching license expiration in the Notifications tray.
5

Displays the Threshold field, which specifies the number of days before the license expires to send a notification to the Notifications tray.
6 Displays the Manage Local License Server Offline panel.
7 Displays the Download Offline Request button. This button enables you to download a request from the NetWitness Platform LLS into a local file for processing by a back-office server. The downloaded bin file should be uploaded to DLC to generate the offline response.
8 Displays the Upload Offline Request button. This button enables you to browse for an offline response that you received from the back-office server, and uploads the selected response to NetWitness. The file must be uploaded within 72 hours after receiving the file.