If you are installing a Rational® software
product 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 Rational Software Delivery Platform offerings are
enabled in two ways:
- Importing a product activation kit
- Enabling Rational Common Licensing to obtain access
to floating license keys
Note: Trial licenses that came with the 8.x and later versions of
some Rational products 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 your trial Rational 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 Rational desktop products from the same license server
For more information on obtaining activation kits and Floating
licenses, see Purchasing licenses.