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