Activating your product
If you are installing the software for the first time or want to extend a license to
continue using the product, including chargeable components, you have options on how to activate
licensing for your product or chargeable components.
Licenses for this product are activated in two ways:
- Importing Authorized User License
- Activating IBM Common Licensing to obtain access to floating license keys
Note: If you are using a trial license, it will expire after a preset amount of time after trial
license evaluation is enabled. To use the product after the trial license expires, you must activate
a Authorized User License or a floating license for your product.
Authorized User License
A license activation kit contains the permanent license key for you product or a chargeable component. You purchase the Authorized User License, download the Authorized User License compressed file to your computer, and then use Manage License dialog to import the Authorized User License to activate the license for your product.
Floating license enforcement
Optionally, you can obtain floating license keys, install IBM® License Key Server, and enable floating license enforcement for your product.
For instructions on enabling a license for your product, see the topics in the section
Managing clients for IBM Common Licensing in
the Rational® Common Licensing product documentation at . The
IBM Common Licensing product documentation has detailed
information about licenses for IBM
Rational products. Topics include: