Licensing and activation terminology

Review the following lists to help you understand the licensing and activation terminology that Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate uses. You will also find activation information below.

• Terminology—The following licensing and activation terms are used in the Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate products. For definitions of other Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate terms, such source, target, appliance, and so on, see the 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 Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate. You may receive one or more keys depending on the Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate 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 that need to be licensed—All source servers need to be licensed. Target server licensing, including Windows or Linux virtual recovery appliances on an ESX host, depends on the source license you are using. A Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate Reporting Service server does not need to be licensed.
• Licenses that need to be activated and time period for activation—Not all licenses require activation. For example, an evaluation license does not need to be activated. If your license requires activation, the amount of time you have to activate your license depends on the product you are using.
  • Carbonite Availability—For those Carbonite 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.
  • Carbonite Migrate—Carbonite Migrate licenses do not have a grace period. Your source licenses must be activated and they must be activated before they can be used to create a job. Once a source license is activated, you will have a specific number of days (generally 30 days) to complete your migration, depending on your license type.