Activating the SDL License server manager offline
After you installed the SDL Licensing Server Manager, generate an Installation ID (locking code) and use it in your SDL account to generate an activation certificate. Only with that certificate you will be able to license the server.
Generate the Installation ID
About this task
Use the Locking Utility to get the Installation ID (locking code) of your license server machine. With the Installation ID, you can then generate the activation certificate that enables you to activate the network license on your server.
Procedure
- Launch the Locking Utility (wechoid).
- Enable Ethernet Address and Disk ID and disable all the other available criteria.
- Make sure that the New Style option is selected and that the Selector field shows 0x14. This indicates that only the Ethernet Address and Disk ID criteria are enabled and that the corresponding code will generate a compatible license file.
- Copy and save the locking code string available in the Code field.
Generate the offline activation certificate
About this task
Procedure
- Go to in your SDL Account.
- Locate your activation code and click Can´t activate online? - Get an offline Activation Certificate.
- Copy and paste the Installation ID (generated above) into the Installation ID field and click Generate Offline Activation Certificate.
- Save the generated activation certificate (by default named lservrc).
License the server
Procedure
Product features
About this task
The number of product features displayed after licensing the server is NOT the number of user seats available for your license. To check how many users can access your network license at the same time, select a feature and check the Total column on the Total users row in the Feature information section.
The product features installed for your network license are listed in the hostname tree under Subnet Servers.
Serving licenses
About this task
The license server is now good to go - clients can connect to the license server using the server's name. Make sure you have the licensing computer turned on when users request network license seats.