Licensing and activation

If you choose not to license and activate your servers during the installation, you will have to license and activate them using the Double-Take Console(Appliances are not licensed during appliance deployment.) There are several licensing and activation methods that depend on the Double-Take product you are using, the type of license you have purchased, and your Internet connection (or lack thereof).

• Licensing—You can manage your licenses as well as apply them to servers using the Double-Take Console.
  • Managing the Double-Take license inventory—You can centrally manage your Double-Take licenses through the license inventory feature in the Double-Take Console. Ideally, you should select one machine in your organization where you want to maintain the license inventory because the license inventory does not communicate between machines.
  • Licensing a server or appliance—If you did not license your server during the installation (appliances are not licensed during deployment), you can apply a Double-Take license using the console.
• Activation—Review Licensing and activation terminology for details on the amount of time you have to activate your license. When you are ready to activate your licenses, you can chose to activate them one at a time or in groups.
  • Activating a single license—Activate a license on a single server or appliance. You can repeat this process for other servers and appliances.
  • Activating multiple licenses—Activate licenses on more than one server or appliance.

If you are participating in the Double-Take Software Metered Usage program, your licensing and activation is different. For basic information, see Preparing a target server for Metered Usage. For complete details, see the help link in the Metered Usage Web Portal.

If you are using version 6.0 or earlier, you must upgrade any existing Double-Take activation codes (now called license keys) using the following process.

1. Log in to the support site at http://www.VisionSolutions.com/SupportCentral.
2. Select Agreements.
3. Select Request License Keys (7.1).
4. Select the licenses you would like to upgrade and use for this release and click Submit.
5. You will receive an email from CSRGroup@visionsolutions.com with the subject Upgraded Double-Take License Keys. This email includes your upgraded keys in an XML file along with instructions for how to import the keys. For complete details on importing a license file, see the User's Guide or online help.