If you run a debug command on the firewall CLI (e.g., debug user-id dump or looking at mp-monitor.log ), you may see references to PASMUtility.
Based on my analysis, refers to a specific technical component within the Palo Alto Networks ecosystem, specifically relating to their Strata software firewalls (such as the VM-Series virtual firewalls). pasmutility
: Users may encounter errors stating they have "exceeded the number of computers" for their license. A common manual fix involves renaming the PASMUtility folder (e.g., to PASMUtility_old ) to force the software to re-verify the license or reset local activation data. If you run a debug command on the firewall CLI (e