User manual ACRONIS LICENSE SERVER

[. . . ] VIEWING LICENSE INFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PROCESS FOR REUSING LICENSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. 1 Component Uninstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. 2 Renew Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] However, no extra license will be engaged. Acronis OS Deploy Server checks the availability of free licenses and stores the specified ALS parameters to be able to access the ALS later, when deployment is launched. 2. Supported operating systems Windows NT 4. 0 Workstation SP6/2000 Professional SP4/XP Professional SP2 Windows NT 4. 0 Server SP6/2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/2003 Server Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2006 3 3. Installing Acronis License Server You must install the ALS and import product licenses before installing any licensed Acronis product component. 3. 1 Typical, Custom and Complete ALS installation You can choose Typical, Custom or Complete ALS installation. The complete installation includes ALS, ALS Management Console and ALS Management Tool. Typical installation includes ALS and the ALS Management Console. Custom choice allows separate installation of these three components. The ALS Management Tool is a simple command-line utility for controlling ALS, while the Management Console provides an easy-to-use GUI and additional useful features such as remote Acronis products installation. You may want to install the Management Console or the Management Tool on a computer different from the server where the ALS is installed, and control the ALS remotely. When installing ALS for the second Acronis product (e. g. for ATIES) is already installed, you most probably will choose to install only ALS, because you already have the necessary management instruments. 3. 2 ALS installation for various Acronis products Acronis True Image Enterprise Server, Acronis True Image Workstation, and Acronis Snap Deploy products include the ALS in their installation bundle. The ALS must be installed for each Acronis product. It is recommended that all ALS installations are done on the same server (provided that all computers running that products are connected to the same local network). The ALS then will be seen as a common server for all Acronis products. The administrator will be able to manage multiple licenses for multiple Acronis products from one central location. The ALS can identify licenses by numbers, so no additional steps for recognition of the product type are required. 4. Adding licenses to Acronis License Server Every Acronis serial number that is provided with an Acronis product, must be added to the ALS by the network administrator, using the Acronis License Server Management Console or the ALS Management Tool. Trial versions of the product will be managed by ALS, however the serial numbers will only be valid for a limited period of time. The ALS can import multiple serial numbers from a . txt file, saving you from time-consuming procedure of typing in each serial number. It is recommended that you save serials in a text file. You may want to create one file with all serial numbers, or several files for each product or each purchase and then add these serial numbers to the ALS. Once the ALS has imported the serial numbers, you need not keep the text file(s) with the serial numbers any more. [. . . ] For example, if one license corresponds to one serial number, Total=1, Free=1, Used=0 (if the license is free) or Free=0, Used=1 (if the license is engaged). The Used Licensed mode lists all licenses that are engaged. Use View -> Choose Details to choose data to display: Product Name, Host Name (name of the computer using this license), Host Address, Serial Number, Acquire Date (when the product using the license was installed) and Renew Date (date when the licensed component was run the last time plus 30 days, see 7. 2 Renew Date"). 6 Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2006 You can sort any list using View -> Arrange Icons by. 7. Process for Reusing Licenses Acronis Snap Deploy licenses cannot be reused. For other products, the following rules are effective: 7. 1 Component Uninstallation When all licensed components of the Acronis product are uninstalled from a networked computer, the serial number becomes available for another installation. For example, Acronis True Image Agent, Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate Agent and Acronis Spyware Shield are installed on the same workstation. [. . . ]