Batch Data Transformation Model
CipherTrust Batch Data Transformation (BDT) is offered as part of the CipherTrust Flex Connector Premium licensing. It can be used with CipherTrust Manager Enterprise Edition or Trial License.
Trial License
Provides the fully-functional BDT for 90 days with pre-installed trial license. After the trial period expires, BDT continues to work normally, however, new client registrations are not allowed.
This is the default license shipped with the CipherTrust Manager.
CipherTrust Manager Enterprise Edition
Licenses with CipherTrust Manager Enterprise Edition is limited by the number of licenses purchased. When a client is registered, a license is consumed.
There is no limitation on the number of configured applications on the CipherTrust Manager, but if you try to register clients beyond the procured licenses, the system throws the following error: License not yet installed for feature CipherTrust Batch Data Transformation.
Whenever clients are revoked, same number of licenses are freed-up. To manually free up licenses, you must remove registered clients from the application.
Activating BDT Licenses
Once you have purchased your entitlement of a CipherTrust Flex Connector Premium licensing, it needs to be converted to a BDT specific license file for use with the CipherTrust Manager. To do so, take your entitlement as well as your EID to the Sentinel EMS License Portal and under Variant, select CipherTrust Batch Data Transformation. You can find the details about your EID and available licenses on the License Portal.
Refer to Activating a Connector License for details.
After the BDT license is activated, its state becomes Active on the Features tab of the Licensing page of the CipherTrust Manager GUI. The license is displayed with the feature name CipherTrust Batch Data Transformation.
License Enforcement for BDT
CipherTrust Batch Data Transformation licenses are enforced by the following:
The CipherTrust Manager appliance has activated Connector licenses: The CipherTrust Manager appliance has activated Connector licenses: When BDT licenses are activated and uploaded to the CipherTrust Manager, you can register clients under the applications up to the license capacity. However, there is no restriction on the number of applications configured on CipherTrust Manager. Whenever a BDT client is registered with an application, a license is consumed. Licenses are available and shared across domains. For example, if there are five licenses for BDT, only five clients in total can be registered across all domains.
Reaching license capacity: Additional clients can't be registered because the license count has been exhausted. In this case, users can delete currently registered clients or buy more licenses.
License expires: The CipherTrust Manager GUI displays a red banner, at the top, to inform the administrator that licenses have expired. If there are more clients using licenses than capacity available, no new clients can be registered under the new application. Currently, registered clients will be allowed to continue until their natural end. There is no grace period when the license expires.
License enforcement is not supported from BDT versions 2.5.x and lower.
