Endpoint Protection

in this article

 http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH206823

it states:

<subhead></subhead>Manage product licenses

Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 is licensed according to the number of Endpoint Protection clients that are needed to protect the endpoints at your site. Once the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager is installed, you may immediately deploy clients. New manager installations come with a trial license: you have 60 days to purchase and activate a license that covers all of your deployed clients. When migrating from an older version of Symantec Endpoint Protection (versions 11.x or 12.0), you start with an upgrade license that expires in 90 days. Note: Small Business Edition comes with a 30-day trial license, whether it is an upgrade or new installation

what happens if i upgrade but am missing some licenses ?

will the server disconnect some clients or what?

thanks

SEP Enterprise will continue to function normally but you will get notified repeatedly.

SEP SBE will stop updating.

it will work but you will get notifications

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/sep-121-and-license-concept

Types of enforcement

When the license goes out of compliance the Symantec Endpoint Protection product goes into enforcement mode. There are two types of enforcement

1)  Hard Enforcement: SEP 12.1 Small Business Edition

• Content update downloads stop for both server and clients.In Small Business Edition it's 1:1 mapping with CAT server.
• UI changes and log notifications are started.

2)  Soft Enforcement: SEP 12.1 Enterprise Edition

•  Content update downloads continue from all the sources.
•  UI changes and log notifications are started.