Activate Licenses (Generate a License Key)

  • To start the process for activation Licenses, navigate to Activation & Entitlements.

  • Click List Entitlements.

  • Select an Activation ID and click Activate.

  • Enter data on start date and correct address data if required.

  • Configure hosts

    • Machine named license: a MAC address has to be provided.

    • User named license: a server host or server triad as well as a user name of the client ID have to be provided.

    • Concurrent license: a server host or server triad has to be provided.

  • For concurrent licenses, you are now asked to define how many of the licenses you wish to activate (for Machine named and User named licenses, there is only one license per activation).

If you activate several licenses in one step for the same machine/user you can also choose to consolidate the license into one file: (e.g. first the main product and afterwards an add-on for the same user)

  • Navigate to Activation & Entitlements.

  • Click List Entitlements.

  • Select more than one Activation ID and activate Select Yes when asked whether you want to consolidate the generated licenses.

  • Complete activation as described before.

Note  

Do not select a start date in the future if you use the license immediately!

See also

Borrowing and Returning a License

Checking the License Status

Setting User Options