Chapter 3: Installing and Administering Licenses

This chapter explains how to run AppTrack and how to use it to install and administer ES or AS licenses.

Introduction

Before running an application that uses Enterprise Server or Application Server, the ES or AS licenses must be installed. They can be installed in several ways:

• By entering the license key when prompted during the installation of Enterprise Server or Application Server for Net Express. This option is available when you are using the setup program supplied by Micro Focus.

  For further information, see the following topic(s) in your online documentation:

  • To use the supplied setup program for Enterprise Server or Application Server
  • To use the supplied Application Server setup
• Silently during the installation of Enterprise Server for Windows or Application Server for Net Express, or during the installation of your application if your supplier has arranged for the setup program to do this. The setup program might be the one supplied by Micro Focus, or the one for your application supplied by your application supplier. To arrange for a license to be installed silently, use the utility aslmpcsilent.

  For further information, see the following topic(s) in your online documentation:

  • To install an ES or AS license silently
• By entering the license key after installation, using the License Administration utility, AppTrack.

  Installing and Uninstalling Licenses

All licenses that you install are stored on the license database. We recommend that you set a password on the database to protect it from misuse.

Running AppTrack

You install and administer licenses, using the License Administration utility, AppTrack.

To ensure that license details are displayed correctly, use the version of AppTrack supplied with your latest version of Enterprise Server or Application Server.

Setting an AppTrack Password

We recommend that you use a password for AppTrack, as this protects your ES or AS licenses from being copied by someone else, and prevents any unauthorized person from tampering with your license system.

All licenses that you install are stored on a license database that is created the first time you, or any user, installs a license. Since the password you select is also installed on the license database, there is nowhere to save the password until the database is created. Once you have installed a license, and the database is created, then the password is saved. This is so, even if you delete all licenses from the license database. Note that there is only one password for the license database.

Installing and Uninstalling Licenses Using AppTrack

You can install licenses manually by using AppTrack, or you can install them silently during the installation of your application.

You must not install the same ES or AS license on more than one machine at a time; to do so would break the terms of the license agreement. If you want to move an ES or AS license from one system to another, you must uninstall it from the current system first. If you require additional ES or AS licenses, contact your Micro Focus account representative or your Micro Focus licensed supplier for details on purchasing them.

Monitoring License Use

You can monitor the usage of ES or AS licenses by displaying a license report in AppTrack, or by viewing the console log in Enterprise Server.

The Enterprise Server licensing messages are issued to the console log, which you can view from the Enterprise Server Administration console:

For further information, see the following topic(s) in your online documentation:

• To view the console log for an enterprise server
• To start Enterprise Server Administration

The license report in AppTrack shows, among other things, the:

• Number of licenses installed
• Serial number and license number of each license
• Duration and time remaining of each license

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