Server-Side Online Activation
In this exercise, you perform a server-side online activation of the PhotoPrint-server product license.
Prerequisites
If necessary, refer to the section Getting Started with Entitlement Management to:
| • | Deploy the Enterprise Activation license model (Deploying a License Technology and Model) |
| • | Copy product PhotoPrint-client and save it as PhotoPrint-server (Creating a Product) |
| a. | Click Products > Products |
| b. | Search for and select the PhotoPrint-client check box, then click Copy |
| c. | Under Create a Product, in the Product Name field, type PhotoPrint-server and click Save |
| • | Link PhotoPrint-server to the Enterprise Activation license model (Linking a License Model to a Product). Remove (unlink) the Retail Activation license model and save PhotoPrint-server. |
| • | Deploy the PhotoPrint-server product (Deploying a Product) |
| • | Create and configure an entitlement called ENT-PhotoPrint-server (Creating and Configuring an Entitlement): |
| ○ | for end customer Lisa Barry of BarryPhoto |
| ○ | with a product PhotoPrint-server line item for a quantity of 3 copies and a license that starts at the first activation date and has a duration of 1 year |
| • | Save and deploy the ENT-PhotoPrint-server entitlement (Deploying an Entitlement) |
To activate a license using servercomptranutil
| 1. | In FlexNet Operations, click Entitlements > List Entitlements. The List Entitlements page appears. |
| 2. | On the Activatable Line Items list, search for entitlement ID ENT-PhotoPrint-server and review the line item details. Note that available quantity and total quantity are 3 for product PhotoPrint-server. Expiration is in 1 year. |
| 3. | At a command prompt in the <platform_dir>, enter the following for a count of 2, where <act_ID> is the FlexNet Operations PhotoPrint-server activation ID: |
servercomptranutil -t http://<hostname:port>/flexnet/services/ActivationService -a <act_ID> count=2
Output is similar to
Server http://localhost:8888/flexnet/services/ActivationService, comms type SOAP
Status: 4, Creating request
Status: 5, Request created
Status: 6, Context created
Status: 7, Connected to remote server
Status: 8, Request Sent
Status: 9, Polling for response
Status: 10, Waiting for response
Status: 9, Polling for response
Status: 11, Done
Response processed successfully. Actions were:
Configuration TrustedId "13"
Create fulfillment "FID_c40614fd_1489_4e28_9bb6_c5872fadb51b"
| 4. | At a command prompt in the <platform_dir>, to view the new license rights in server-side trusted storage, enter |
serveractutil -view
Output is similar to
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Trust Flags: FULLY TRUSTED
Fulfillment Type: PUBLISHER ACTIVATION
Status: ENABLED
Fulfillment ID: FID_c40614fd_1489_4e28_9bb6_c5872fadb51b
Entitlement ID: 4dff-ff10-c75a-432e-8dbf-8bc3-066b-ff1c
Product ID: NAME=PhotoPrint-server;VERSION=12.0
Suite ID: NONE
Expiration date: 29-Nov-2016
Concurrent: 0
Concurrent overdraft:0
Hybrid: 0
Hybrid overdraft: 0
Activatable: 2
Activatable overdraft: 0
Repairs: 0
Feature line(s):
INCREMENT PrintToPDF demo 12.3 29-nov-2016 1 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=29-nov-2015 START=28-nov-2015 SIGN="003F 469C FAA0 F579 \
2035 9632 BDAB B500 67F2 72CE 68BA FF86 4FC8 4123 FF47"
INCREMENT Print demo 12.3 29-nov-2016 1 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=29-nov-2015 START=28-nov-2015 SIGN="0072 6DC3 2310 9577 \
9B9D 781E 36BC 0900 0E73 A2B7 C4A3 99FF BCA0 F23F 1D94"
INCREMENT PrintHighQualityColor demo 12.3 29-nov-2016 1 ISSUER="My \
Corporation" ISSUED=29-nov-2015 START=28-nov-2015 SIGN="0080 \
7DCA A76B 32CD 539C D4D2 F8C5 E900 8A05 0830 DEC5 8686 FB52 \
2E64 B961"
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Review the license rights output, noting the information on these lines: Trust Flags, Fulfillment Type, Status, Product ID, Expiration date, Activatable, and Feature line(s).
| 5. | Record the Entitlement ID for later use in Step 1 of the To activate a local license using appactutil task in the Local Online Activation exercise. |
| 6. | In FlexNet Operations, click Licenses > Licenses. The Support Licenses and Maintenance page appears. |
| 7. | On the licenses list, search for product PhotoPrint-server and review the license details. Note that the count is 2 because 1 PhotoPrint-server license is activated. Note the fulfillment date and expiration. |
| 8. | Click Entitlements > List Entitlements. The List Entitlements page appears. On the Activatable Line Items list, search for entitlement ID ENT-PhotoPrint-server and review the line item details. Note that available quantity is reduced to 1 and total quantity is 3 for product PhotoPrint-server. Note the expiration. |
FlexNet Operations 2020 R1 SP1 User GuideMarch 2020 |