Enabling licenses
If you are installing the software for the first time or
want to extend a license to continue using the product, you have options
on how to enable licensing for your product.
Licenses for this product are enabled in two ways:
- Importing a product activation kit
- Enabling Rational® Common Licensing to obtain access to floating license keys
Activation kits
The Product Activation Kit CD contains the permanent license key for you product. You use IBM® Installation Manager to import the activation kit to your product.
Floating license enforcement
Optionally, you can obtain floating license keys, install IBM Rational License Server, and enable floating license enforcement for your product. Floating license enforcement provides these benefits:
- License compliance enforcement throughout the organization
- Fewer license purchases
- License keys served for IBM Rational Team Unifying and Software Delivery Platform desktop products from the same license server
Note: Some 7.0 and later versions of Rational products require an upgraded version
of the Rational License
Server. See this support article for license upgrade information: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21250404
For more information about obtaining activation kits and floating licenses, see Purchasing licenses.