Licensing workflow

This section describes the licensing workflow.

The following example assumes that both License Manager and License Server are installed on the same computer, and that the computer can connect to the Internet.

1. Purchase one or more AVEVA Enterprise Software products: Along with your installation media or downloads, you will receive one or more entitlement files containing license details.

2. Start License Manager: It opens in a browser window and accesses the installed License Manager components.

3. Select the License Server: Use the License Manager to select an available server to host the licenses you want to activate. You can also add a new license server.

4. Import the entitlement file: Import the entitlement file. Once imported, the License Manager displays the available licenses.

   The entitlement file contains information for specific product licenses that are imported into the License Manager to activate purchased licenses. It is sent to you in an email upon purchase of your product licenses. It is in a zipped .xml file format.

5. Activate licenses: License Manager connects to the AVEVA Enterprise Activation Server over the Internet to activate the selected licenses on the License Server.

   The Activation Server activates licenses on the License Server.

6. Manage your licenses: Licenses are now available for their respective product to use. You can now:

   • activate new licenses

   • deactivate current licenses

   • reserve and unreserve licenses

7. Install and Configure the purchased products: Install your purchased AVEVA Enterprise Software products following the individual product installation instructions. The installed products, when running, will acquire their licenses from the License Server and will release them when no longer needed.

The following diagram shows the relationships between the licensing components in a single node system, but the workflow applies to all network topologies.