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
Note: If you are using a trial license, it will expire 30 or 60 days after
installation. You need to activate your product in order to use it after the
expiration date. See support article
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21250404 on
product activation for a flow chart of the activation process.
Activation kits
Product activation kits contain
the permanent license key for you product. You purchase the activation
kit, download the activation kit .zip file to your local machine, and then
import the activation kit .jar file to enable the license for your 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 the following benefits:
- License compliance enforcement across the organization
- Fewer license purchases
- Serve license keys for IBM Rational Team Unifying and desktop
products from the same license server
For more information on obtaining activation
kits and Floating licenses, see Purchasing
licenses.