Activating the License
In this exercise, you activate a license for 1 copy of product PhotoPrint‑manual. Your manual technology generates the license, while FlexNet Operations tracks fulfillment and other data. Because there is no programmatic link between them, your customer service staff must transfer license data from the manual technology to FlexNet Operations.
The manual technology licensing work flow is:
| • | On-hold Fulfillment – The end user initiates the fulfillment. FlexNet Operations collects the relevant information, then creates an on-hold fulfillment record. |
| • | Email Notification – FlexNet Operations sends email to notify customer service to begin the licensing process using your manual technology, with information collected in FlexNet Operations. |
| • | License Generation – Your customer service staff generates the license using your manual technology. |
| • | Manual Update – Your customer service staff manually updates the fulfillment record in FlexNet Operations and sets the license, which activates the fulfillment record and allows the user to download the license. |
To activate the manual license
| 1. | On the Entitle Customers to Licenses page, click Activate. The List Entitlements page appears. |
| 2. | In the Activatable Line Items table, click the Activation ID link for the PhotoPrint‑manual product. The Line Item Details window opens. |
| 3. | Review the details of the line item, noting that Qty and Qty Remaining are both 3, Start Date Option is Use First Activation Date, Permanent is true, and License Model is ManualModel, then click Cancel at the bottom to close the window. |
| 4. | In the Activatable Line Items table, select the PhotoPrint‑manual line item check box and click Activate. The List Entitlements | Generate Licenses page for the PhotoPrint‑manual line item appears. |
| 5. | Click Verify to verify the validity of the license. This message appears: License is Valid. |
| 6. | Click Generate. The Generated Licenses page appears, listing PhotoPrint‑manual with a Count of 1. This message appears: |
License text has not been set for some of the fulfillments generated. The administrator has been notified. You will receive an email when the license is ready to download.
| 7. | On the Generated Licenses page, click Complete. The List Entitlements page appears, listing the PhotoPrint‑manual line item with an Available Quantity of 2, Total Quantity of 3, and Expiration of PERMANENT. |
| 8. | Click Licenses > Licenses. The Support Licenses And Maintenance page appears, listing product PhotoPrint‑manual with a Count of 1. The Type is ON HOLD (denoted by the N icon). |
| 9. | Click the product PhotoPrint‑manual Fulfillment ID link. The Fulfillment Details window opens. |
| 10. | Review the fulfillment information, then click Cancel at the bottom to close the window. |
| 11. | On the Support Licenses And Maintenance page, put a check mark in the product PhotoPrint‑manual license’s check box, then click Set License. The Set License For Fulfillment window opens. |
| 12. | In the Set License For Fulfillment window, browse to and select the appropriate License File for your scenario: |
| • | The actual license file generated by your manual license generator, or |
| • | the NonFlexManualLicenseFile.lic sample if no manual technology license generator is configured. |
Click OK. The Set License For Fulfillment window closes. On the Support Licenses And Maintenance page, Type changes from ON HOLD to Non-Flexnet (denoted by the NF icon).
| 13. | On the Support Licenses And Maintenance page, put a check mark in the product PhotoPrint‑manual license’s check box, then click Save to File. When you are asked whether you want to open or save the license file, select Open. |
| 14. | Review the contents of the license file and close the window when you are done. |