You can purchase new licenses if your current product license
is about to expire or if you want to acquire additional product licenses
for team members.
About this task
To purchase licenses and use your product, complete the
following steps:
Procedure
- Determine the type of license you want to purchase.
- Go to ibm.com® or contact your IBM® sales
representative to purchase the product license. For details, visit
the IBM Web page on How
to buy software.
- Depending on the type of license you purchase, use the
Proof of Entitlement that you receive and do one of the following
to enable your product:
- If you purchase Authorized User licenses for your product,
go to Passport Advantage® and
follow the instructions there for downloading your product activation
kit. After you have downloaded the activation kit, import the product
activation .jar file using IBM Installation Manager.
Back
up the product activation .jar file. If you uninstall the product
and then install the product again, you might need to use the product
activation .jar file to license the product again.
- If you purchase Floating licenses for your product, click
the link to the IBM Rational® Licensing and Download
site, login (IBM registration is required), and
then select the link to connect to the IBM Rational License
Key Center. There you can use your Proof of Entitlement to obtain
floating license keys for your license server.
Optionally, you
can go to Passport Advantage to download
the activation kit for your product. After importing the activation
kit, you can switch from a floating to a permanent license type if
you use your computer offline for long periods.
What to do next
When you want to import the activation kit or enable Floating
License support for your product, use the Manage Licenses wizard in IBM Installation
Manager.