Disclaimer: I know that there are other threads on this but I wanted to update it in this new Idea space.
I would really like to have Test/Development licenses for SolarWinds products, at least for the products that we have purchased. These licenses could be restricted to just a few nodes (like 10ish).
The reasons for this would be having the ability to do the following things in a non-production environment...
- Testing upgrades
- Testing different configurations
- Learning the SolarWinds products for SCP (SolarWinds Certified Professionals)
- In the case of SCP's I think they should get access to test licenses for all of the SW products to keep current
- Creating a small training environment
- Creating a demo environment
I am sure there are other reasons that I have not already thought of, please share if you have them and vote on this idea if you like it!
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At my company, we are not allowed to do an upgrade or implement a new application monitor until we test in dev. That means that we have to load all the modules as an eval, copy the DB, do the upgrades…
I can't believe this either. Basically Solarwinds would have us expend the energy and develop the anger by going and downloading their free trial 12 times a year for every product. What a waste. It…
With Microsoft I have TechNet subscription which gives me access to all Microsoft products for lab purposes, this is the type of thing that I am looking for.