Installing authorized user license keys using LKAD

Installing permanent, term license agreement, and temporary authorized user license keys on clients.

An authorized user license key is created for a specific client and does not require a license server. Authorized user license keys allow for portability, especially for customers who have isolated computers or notebooks.

Request permanent authorized user license keys from DevOps License Key Center.

DevOps Rational Common Licensing sends you a permanent license file that contains license keys for the client that you specified in DevOps License Key Center.

Entering temporary authorized user license keys

You can find the license key information for temporary or evaluation licenses in the following sources:
  • Your IBM® marketing representative gives you an evaluation license key.
  • The temporary license key is in your Proof of Entitlement certificate.

Temporary authorized user license keys can be entered in License Key Administrator (LKAD). Start LKAD after installing the product.

Remember: You must have local administrative privileges for the computer to import the license key into LKAD.

To enter license information in LKAD:

  1. Click License Keys > Enter a License in LKAD.
  2. Select the type of license.
  3. In the next window, enter the following information:
    • Product
    • Expiration Date
    • License Key
    • Quantity (if you are installing a floating license key)
  4. Click Finish. LKAD adds this information to the license key file *.dat in install_path\IBM Rational\Common.
Parent topic: Setting up a client using License Key Administrator (LKAD)