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 key
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
IBMRational 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 IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform desktop
products from the same license server
- Some 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
Note: For more information about obtaining activation kits
and floating licenses, see Purchasing licenses.