Managing licenses

Licenses
As a purchaser of this product, you can choose from three types of product licenses: an Authorized User license, an Authorized User Fixed Term License (FTL) and a Floating license. The best choice for your organization depends upon how many people use the product, how often they require access, and how you prefer to purchase your software.

License activation
If you are using a trial license, it will expire 30 or 60 days after installation. You need to activate your product to use it after the expiration date.

Importing a license activation kit
To install your permanent license key, you must import the license activation kit from the download location or the product media by using IBM Installation Manager.

Setting up a license server
Set up and configure an IBM Rational® License Key Server to handle the floating licenses for your enterprise.

Activating floating licenses
If your team environment supports Floating license enforcement, you can enable Floating licenses for your product with a permanent license key. You then configure a connection to one or more license servers to obtain access to floating license keys installed on a license server.

Viewing license information for installed product packages
You can review license information for your installed product packages, including license types and expiration dates, from IBM Installation Manager.

Managing licenses

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