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Activating licenses

You need to activate a license only once; thereafter, it is associated with the computer where the ShareScan database is installed.

You do not need to activate the licenses immediately to start to use ShareScan. You have a 30-day grace period that allows full functionality for ShareScan. Activate the licenses only if you are sure that the SQL Server used for the ShareScan system (either the local one installed with ShareScan or an existing one) are the final one, as the activation process binds the licenses to the SQL Server machine.

  1. Click the Activate button of the License Wizard. The Welcome screen appears. Read the instructions carefully, and ensure that this is the operation you want to perform.
  2. Click Next to continue. The server name and the Hardware ID of the currently used database server are displayed on screen.
  3. Select the Use Failover Server ID for activation check box, if you want to set up a failover database server. Enter the ID manually, if you previously have run the gethwfp.exe tool. The command line tool displays a 12-character long ID you have to enter manually into this input field. The /help parameter displays the available parameter list in the command line window.
  4. Click Next to continue.
  5. If you have an active Internet connection on the computer where you use the ShareScan Administrator Console, select Automatic activation on the Select activation mode screen, then click Next.
  6. Click Start. Automatic activation will be started via Internet. After finishing the automatic activation, the Results screen appears, showing the success or the error status of the individual licenses.
  7. If you do not have an active Internet connection on the computer, select the Manual activation option.
  8. Click Next to continue. The Output file creation / Activation screen appears.
  9. Click Start to begin activation. The Specify file output screen appears.
  10. Specify a folder and a file name for the ZIP file that contains the licenses to be activated. Transfer this file to a portable media or to a network share.
  11. Upload the resulting file to the activation server via the activation website. Follow the instructions provided on the web page. After the successful activation, the server automatically sends the files back and you can save and transfer the files back to the connectionless computer running the Administration Console.
  12. Click Load Activated licenses to import the file.
  13. Click Next to continue.
  14. Click Finish to close the License Wizard.