Activate MES product licenses

Use the AVEVA Enterprise License Manager to enable purchased licenses on the license server.

Note that the following procedure applies to activating MES product licenses. For detailed information about activating and managing product licenses using the Enterprise License Manager, refer to the AVEVA Enterprise Licensing online help (https://docs.aveva.com).

Activate MES licenses

1. Do one of the following:

   • From the Start menu, open the Enterprise License Manager website.

   • In a web browser, enter the URL localhost/AELicenseManager.

   License Manager opens and the License Server tile should be shown.

2. Click the License Server tile.

   The server's license page appears with the License Summary tab selected.

3. Click Add License.

   The License Activation dialog appears.

4. Click the Browse license file browse button and then navigate to and select an MES product license.

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

   The license appears in the license grid.

5. Browse to and add any other MES product licenses to be activated.

6. Select the check boxes for the MES product licenses and click Activate.

   The dialog closes and the licenses are listed on the License Summary tab.

   

You can now continue configuring the MES components.

• To understand how to use the post-install Configurator, see Understand MES component configuration.

• To begin configuring the MES components, see Configure the MES database.