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 enable 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 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 .zip file. Once you have downloaded the
activation kit, you must import the product activation .jar file.
- 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 also go to Passport
Advantage to download the activation kit for your product. After
importing the activation kit, you have the option of switching 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.