Activating the MES Product Licenses

The MES product licenses must be activated before configuring the MES components with the post‑install Configurator application so that the MES services can be started.

The product license files would have been emailed once an order was placed for the MES product.

To activate the MES product licenses

1. If the License Server has not already been configured, use the post-install Configurator tool to configure it. See Configuring the License Server Component.

2. Use the License Manager to activate your MES product licenses. See Activating the Product Licenses.

With License Manager, you can also:

• View the MES product license usage.

• For an environment in which there are multiple MES systems running and using the same License Manager Server (for example, separate test and production systems), you can reserve licenses for a specific MES server.

• Deactivate MES product licenses.

The following topics cover general information for performing these tasks. For more detailed information about using the License Manager, see the License Manager Guide and the online help.

For more information on licensing requirements for MES, contact your distributor.

BI Gateway Product Licensing

The BI Gateway product uses the Licensing component and activation.

• If using BI Gateway for the MES Reporting content and for additional functionality, follow the licensing guidelines provided by the BI Gateway documentation.

• If BI Gateway is only being used as the reporting database for MES BI Gateway Reports, then the BI Gateway Service does not require a license to be activated. The reporting solution only allows a connection to the MES reporting source. In this scenario, BI Gateway can work with one deployed data source only—the MES reporting database.