Licensing and activation terminology

Review the following lists to help you understand the licensing and activation terminology that Double-Take uses. You will also find activation information below.

• Terminology—The following licensing and activation terms are used in the Double-Take products. For definitions of other Double-Take terms, such source, target, appliance, and so on, see the Double-Take documentation for your product.
  • Serial number—This is a unique identifier assigned to your organization. It associates your organization to your license keys.
  • License Key—This is the key that you receive when you buy or upgrade Double-Take. You may receive one or more keys depending on the Double-Take product you have purchased and your server operating systems.
  • Activation Key—This is the key that activates the license on a particular server. Once a license key is activated, it cannot be used on any other server without first deactivating from the server where it is currently activated.
• Servers and appliances that need to be licensed—Licensing depends on the Double-Take product you are using.
  • Double-Take Availability for Windows—Your source and target servers must both be licensed, including a Windows target virtual recovery appliance on an ESX host.
  • Double-Take Availability for Linux—Your source and target servers must both be licensed, including a Linux target virtual recovery appliance on an ESX host.
  • Double-Take DR—Your source, repository server, and your recovery server must all be licensed.
  • Double-Take Move—Your source and target must both be licensed, including a Windows target virtual recovery appliance on an ESX host.
  • Double-Take Reporting Service—A Double-Take Reporting Service server does not need to be licensed.
• Licenses that need to be activated—Not all licenses require activation. For example, an evaluation license does not need to be activated. For those licenses that do require activation, review the following list to see which license requires activation for the Double-Take product you are using.
  • Double-Take Availability for Windows—The licenses on your source and target must both be activated. This includes a Windows target virtual recovery appliance on an ESX host.
  • Double-Take Availability for Linux—The licenses on your source and target must both be activated. This includes a Linux target virtual recovery appliance on an ESX host.
  • Double-Take DR—Only the license on your source (called an agent license) must be activated. The repository and recovery target licenses do not have to be activated.
  • Double-Take Move—Only your source licenses must be activated. Double-Take Move target licenses do not have to be activated.
• Time required for activation—The amount of time you have to activate your license depends on the product you are using.
  • Double-Take Availability—For those Double-Take Availability licenses that require activation, you have 14 days to activate the license. Any jobs created with a license that has not been activated will automatically stop after the 14 day grace period has expired.
  • Double-Take DR—Only a source Double-Take DR license (called an agent license) may need to be activated. If it does require activation, you have 14 days to activate it. Double-Take DR repository and recovery target licenses do not have to be activated. Any jobs created with a license that has not been activated will automatically stop after the 14 day grace period has expired.
  • Double-Take Move—Double-Take Move licenses do not have a grace period. Only your source licenses must be activated and they must be activated before they can be used to create a job. Double-Take Move target licenses do not have to be activated. Once a source license is activated, you will have a specific number of days to complete your migration, depending on your license type.

• Valid licenses by job—You must have a valid license on your source, target, or appliance for the type of job you want to create. The various job types are listed along the left side of the following table. Licenses that can be used for that job type are checked in the remaining columns.

  

  • The three Double-Take Availability licenses marked with an asterisk will all be identified as Double-Take Availability for Windows Virtual Edition once they are entered into the Double-Take Console.
  • Some Double-Take licenses have editions that correspond to your operating system edition. For example, Double-Take Availability for Windows Standard Edition and Double-Take Availability for Window Premium Edition are for Windows 2012 Standard and Windows 2012 Datacenter, respectively. Be sure you have the correct Double-Take edition for your operating system.