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License management and activation

You can 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.

From the license inventory, you can add and remove Double-Take licenses manually. You can import and export a Double-Take license file to handle groups of licenses. You can also activate and deactivate the licenses in your inventory. See Managing the Double-Take license inventory for details on using the license inventory.

For those Double-Take licenses that require activation, you have 14 days to activate the license. You can use the license inventory to activate multiple licenses at one time, or you can activate your licenses one at a time on a per server basis.

Activating a single Double-Take server—You will need to have Double-Take installed on a single server, then you can activate the license on that server using the Double-Take Console. You can repeat this process for other servers individually.
Activating multiple Double-Take servers—You will need to have Double-Take installed on multiple servers, then you can activate the licenses on those servers all at once.

Additionally, you can deactivate a Double-Take license if you uninstall Double-Take using the Double-Take Console. The license that was in use will be deactivated, and that license can be used on a new server. If you do not deactivate your license, you will have to complete a host transfer which will allow you to activate the license for use on another server.You can only complete two host transfers, and then the license becomes invalid. You can complete an unlimited number of deactivations. See Deactivating Double-Take licenses.