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Before you get started you will need: A new or blank freshly formatted FAT32 USB 3.0 with memory stick with the Kepserver Activation ID from the purchase fulfillment email copied (see step 5 below) to a .txt file in notepad. The offline host computer Authentication Credentials for the License Utility if this option was chosen during installation. My Kepware account. |
To start, open the License Utility on the host machine.
Right-click on the KEPServerEX icon located in the System Tray and then select License Utility.
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2. Caution: Access to the License Utility may be password protected if the option was chosen during the install process.
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Caution: More than one license for the same product or driver cannot be activated on the same machine. Additional or different product licenses may be activated successfully, but a the original activation must be transferred off the server before a new license for an existing product is activated. |
3. Verify the “Perform Licensing Operations Online When Possible” option has not been selected, and then select Activate
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6. Copy and Paste the from the text file on the USB memory stick to the Activation ID into the text box field. Then, click Save to File. You can leave this screen open as we will use the Import File button in step #11.
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NOTE: The Please fill in the (Optional) “Installation Location Details”. These fields are useful for Tech Support to locate and repair a damaged or lost license, populating them is highly recommendedespecially when using site wide Enterprise Activations with multiple unlocks. Populating these fields is highly recommended as is using site credentials rather than an individual.
Location= Company, City, State i.e. ATI Plymouth, MA
Description= a designation to identify this server i.e. ENGDEVWS01.
7. The License Utility will generate the request file (“activation_request.txt”) and then display a file-browse dialog. Save the request file to save this file to the USB Memory stick or making note of its location and copy it to the USB as it will be sent to the My Kepware portal in the next step.
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