Having setup the Square One Network Licence Manager and the Licence Service on your server, the next stage involves activating your purchased licences on your server. This process is very similar to activating a desktop licence, however it is done only once on your network server.
Step-By-Step Guide
1. Run the Network Licence Manager locally
To activate network licences you must run the Network Licence Manager locally on your network licence server. Start the Network Licence Manager and make sure you can answer yes to the question; Is this computer your Network Licence Server ?
2. Start the Activation process
Click the Network Licence Activation... button to display the Licence Activation Wizard.
This Wizard works in a similar way to activating a desktop licence in that it generates a licence file. But instead of doing this locally for a desktiop licence, instead it is done on the server for the Licence Service.
3. Choose Activation Method
In the Licence Activation Wizard, you need to choose the activation method you prefer. If you have already received your licence file by email, you can choose the I have already received my licence file for activation option. Otherwise choose the Activate via the Internet option.
When you click the Next button to continue, the software will attempt to establish a connection to the Internet -- so at this point you need to make sure your computer is online for this to work.
4. Login to the Activation Server
Next you need to login to the Square One Activation Server with the details from your order. You need your e-mail address, password and Proof of Purchase Number (these details will have been e-mailed to you when you completed your purchase).
5. Allocate licences and Confirm activation
In this page the details of your purchase are displayed. The next step is to enter the number of licences you wish to allocate as network licences. This number cannot be greater than the number of remaining available licences.
For example, if you purchase 5 licences and 2 have already been activated as desktop licences, then you will only have 3 remaining licences to activate as network licences.
Once you have entered the number of licence to allocate, you must check the I confirm that this computer is the licence server item before clicking the Next button.
6. Network Licence Details
In order for other computers on your network to be able to find your network licence server you need to enter the server's private IP address (such as 192.168.0.2) at the top of this page. You can also allocate a number of sub-IPs (192.168.1.*) in the bottom section, to control which workstations on your network are allowed to request licences from your server.
By default, only computers in the same sub-IP as the server (192.168.0.*) will automatically be allowed to access licences. Therefore you must enter additional sub-IPs if you have workstations outside the servers sub-IP.
Once you have entered the required IP addresses for your network, click the Next button to generate your licences.
7. Restart Licence Service
Once your licences have been generated, downloaded and stored locally on your network licence server it is important to restart the Licence Service. This allows the Licence Service to read the new licence details and make them available to workstations on the network.
The easiest way to do this is to click the Restart Licence Service button in the centre of the final page of the wizard.
Alternatively, if you do not wish to restart immediately, you can use the Finish button to close the wizard and then manually restart using the LICENCE SERVICE CONTROLS section in the Network Licence Manager.
8. Next stage: Connecting worstations to your network licence server
Having completed the activation of your purchased licences, you can now continue to the next stage and connect workstations to your network server so they can begin requesting licences.
Continue to "Connecting worstations to your network licence server" »