Access Manager licenses are classified as follows:
Access Manager (NAM) - When you install Access Manager, NAM evaluation license is applied by default. This license is carried over when Access Manager is upgraded to the next upgrade version. The Administration Console works even if NAM license expires but the Identity Provider goes down after restart.
Secure API Manager (SAPIM) - SAPIM is not a one-time evaluation license. When SAPIM is enabled, a one-time evaluation license is generated with 180 days of validity. The customer needs to apply the subscription or a full SAPIM license before expiry to continue using the Secure API Manager feature. Administration Console works even when the NAM/SAPIM license expires.
Access Manager licenses are of three types:
Evaluation or Trial License: This is a free license for evaluating Access Manager. This license is available with Access Manager 5.0 and subsequent releases. Uploading a full license or subscription license overwrites this evaluation license. This license is valid for 180 days.
NOTE:Extension of the Evaluation License is not supported.
Permanent or Full License: This is a paid license and without any expiration date. Customers must procure it from Software Licenses and Downloads.
Subscription License: This license allows users to purchase the product for various time periods, and the users are entitled to use the software during the agreed upon time period. The subscription license includes software license, access to support service, and new versions of the software as they are released. This license is similar to the full license, except that there is an expiration date, whereas full license is a perpetual or permanent license without any expiry period. Customers must procure it from Software Licenses and Downloads.
NOTE:If you have applied subscription license and later applied the full license, or if you applied a newer subscription license before the older license has reached expiration date, the license details continue to display the older subscription license duration. For more information, see Access Manager Continues to Display the Old License Although a New License is Applied.