Activating a single license

You have two options for activating a license on a single server or appliance.

1. If you have not already done so, add your server to the Double-Take Console.
   1. Click Servers in the toolbar.
   2. Click Add Servers in the Servers page toolbar.
   3. Specify the name of your server and the credentials of the account used to install Double-Take, and click Add.
   4. Click OK.
2. After your server has been added to the Servers page, you can highlight a server and click Activate Online. This activates the license on the selected server and applies the activated licenses to the selected server in one step. You must have Internet access for this process.You will not be able to activate a license that has already been activated. If you need to reuse a license, see Deactivation and host-transfers.
3. As an alternative, you can activate the license through a server's properties.
   1. Highlight a server on the Servers page and click View Server Details in the toolbar.
   2. On the View Server Details page, click Edit server properties under Tasks.

   3. Expand the Licensing section.

      

   4. Activation—If your license key needs to be activated, you will see an additional Activation section at the bottom of the Licensing section. To activate your key, use one of the following procedures.

      • Activate online—If you have Internet access, you can activate your license and apply the activated license to the server in one step by selecting Activate Online.

        You will not be able to activate a license that has already been activated. If you need to reuse a license, see Deactivation and host-transfers.

         

      • Obtain activation key online, then activate—If you have Internet access, click the hyperlink in the Activation section to take you to the web so that you can submit your activation information. Complete and submit the activation form, and you will receive an e-mail with the activation key. Activate your server by entering the activation key in the Add license keys and activations keys field and clicking Add.
      • Obtain activation key offline, then activate—If you do not have Internet access, go to https://activate.doubletake.com from another machine that has Internet access. Complete and submit the activation form, and you will receive an e-mail with the activation key. Activate your server by entering the activation key in the Add license keys and activations keys field and clicking Add.

      The activation key is specific to this server. It cannot be used on any other server. If the activation key and server do not match, Double-Take will not run.

      If your Double-Take Availability license keys needs to be activated, you will have 14 days to do so.

      If you need to rename a server that already has a Double-Take license applied to it, you should deactivate that license before changing the server name. That includes rebuilding a server or changing the case (capitalization) of the server name (upper or lower case or any combination of case). If you have already rebuilt the server or changed the server name or case, you will have to perform a host-transfer to continue using that license. (Deactivation and host transfers are only available for Double-Take Availability and Double-Take DR licenses.) See Deactivating a license for complete details on deactivation and host-transfers.

       

The activation key is specific to each server and cannot be used on any other server. If the activation key and server do not match, Double-Take will not run.

You will not be able to activate a license that has already been activated. If you need to reuse a license, see Deactivation and host-transfers.

If your Double-Take Availability license keys needs to be activated, you will have 14 days to do so. If your Double-Take DR license keys needs to be activated, you will have 14 days to do so. For Double-Take Move, license keys do not have a grace period and must be activated in order to be used, and once the license has been activated, you will have a specific number of days to complete your migration process, depending on your license type.

If you need to rename a server that already has a Double-Take license applied to it, you should deactivate that license before changing the server name. That includes rebuilding a server or changing the case (capitalization) of the server name (upper or lower case or any combination of case). If you have already rebuilt the server or changed the server name or case, you will have to perform a host-transfer to continue using that license. (Deactivation and host transfers are only available for Double-Take Availability licenses.) See Deactivating a license for complete details on deactivation and host-transfers.