To install your permanent license key, you must import
the license activation kit from the download location or the product
media by using IBM® Installation
Manager.
Before you begin
If you have not purchased an activation kit, you must do this
first. If you have purchased a product or a product activation kit,
insert the appropriate disk or download the activation kit from
Rational License Key Center, or IBM Passport
Advantage, or the IBM Entitled Software Support site to an accessible
workstation. The activation kit is packaged as a .zip file containing
a Java™ archive (.jar) file.
The .jar file contains the permanent license key and must be imported
to activate your product.
About this task
To import an activation kit .jar file and enable the new
license key, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- Start IBM Installation Manager.
- On the main page, click Manage Licenses.
- Select a package and click Import Activation
Kit.
- Click Next. Details for the selected
package are shown, including the current license kind and the product
version range of the license.
- Browse to the path on the media disk or download location
for the activation kit; then select the appropriate Java archive (JAR) file and click Open.
- Click Next. The Summary page displays
the target install directory for the activation kit, the product the
new license applies to, and version information.
- Click Finish.
Results
The product activation kit with its permanent license key
is imported to the product. The Manage Licenses wizard indicates whether
the import is successful.