Set up MES product licenses

The AVEVA Enterprise License server must be configured and the MES product licenses must be activated before MES components can be configured and MES services successfully started.

Set up the MES product licenses

1. If the License Server has not already been configured, use the post-install Configurator tool to configure it. For information on how to configure the AVEVA Enterprise License Server components, see Configure the AVEVA Enterprise license server component.

   Important: To operate the Enterprise License Server and License Manager in Secure Mode, you must configure the System Management Server (SMS) before you configure the License Server. In addition, if the SMS configuration is modified at any point, the License Server must be reconfigured to maintain secure operation. For more information on SMS, see Implement secure communication with System Management Server.

2. Use the License Manager to activate your MES product licenses. Note that the product license files would have been emailed once an order was placed for the MES product.

   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.

   For more information on activating MES licenses, see Activate 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.