Preparing a target server for On Demand usage

Carbonite On Demand is a licensing program that enables service providers the ability to offer Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate products on a subscription basis. On Demand automates the process for activating and renewing subscription Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate licenses and tracks pay-as-you-go usage. Carbonite hosts and manages all of the On Demand components except the Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate source and target. The service provider configures and maintains the target. Depending on the Service Level Agreement (SLA) between the service provider and their end user, the server provider or the end user may configure and maintain the source.

In order to use this program, the service provider must have a subscription license on each Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate target. Use the following instructions to prepare a target server for subscription licensing. The instructions are dependent on your target server operating system.

For the latest and complete details on On Demand, see the help link in the On Demand web portal.

 

  1. Install Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate on the target server. When you are prompted for a license key, you can leave it blank.
  2. Add the target servers to your console session.
  3. From the Servers page, highlight the target server and select Edit Server Properties from the toolbar.
  4. In the Licensing section, expand the On Demand Licensing sub-section.
  1. Specify your Service provider account number. The account number is displayed in the upper right corner of the On Demand web portal.
  2. Specify the Customer name. Use the customer name configured on the Customers list in the On Demand web portal.
  3. Select the appropriate Product that corresponds with the Carbonite Availability and Carbonite Migrate product being used.
  4. If you are using a proxy server, select Enable On Demand Proxy and specify the Proxy address using the value http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:yyyy where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of your proxy server and yyyy is the port number.
  5. Click Submit to activate the subscription license on the target.