Adding or removing licenses
You can add or remove licenses, follow the given procedures.
Adding licenses
To add licenses to a BMC Remedy AR System server, you can enter them into a form or import them from a file. Licenses are active as soon as they are added to the server.
To add licenses by entering them into a form
- In the AR System Administration Console, click System > General > Add or Remove Licenses.
Add or Remove Licenses form
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- In the Add or Remove Licenses form, click Add New.
In the fields under the table, enter the following information:
Fields in Add or Remove Licenses formField Description License Type From the list, select the type of license to activate. You can also enter a custom license type that is not in the list.
Note
You can add only one entry for each license type except server licenses (multiple server licenses are distinguished from each other by license keys). To increase or decrease the number of licenses available for other license types, modify the existing entry.
Number of Licenses For the specified license type, enter the appropriate number of licenses.
Server, server option, and application licenses- 0 indicates the license is inactive.
- 1 indicates the license is active.
User licenses
- 0 indicates the license is inactive.
- Any number greater than 0 indicates the maximum number of licenses available for use.
License Qualifier Used to further identify license behavior
Do not modify the contents of this field unless instructed to do so by BMC or a qualified BMC partner.Key (Server licenses only) Enter the appropriate license key in this field. To get a key, see Obtaining BMC Remedy license keys.
Note
Do not enter a 6.0-7.0.x key in this field. Instead, import it from a .lic file. See Importing licenses.
Expiration Date For trial licenses, enter the date after which the license is no longer in effect. (In BMC Remedy AR System 7.1.00 and later, only trial licenses expire.) - Click Save.
To add licenses by importing them
See Importing licenses.
Removing licenses
To remove a BMC Remedy AR System license from a server, follow this procedure:
- In the AR System Administration Console, click System > General > Add or Remove Licenses.
- In the table at the top of the form, select the license to remove.
- Do one of the following:
- Click Delete, and then click OK in the confirmation message.
Set the Number of Licenses field to 0, and then click Save.
Note
Nonserver license removals take effect immediately. To remove a server license, however, you must restart the server after removing the license.
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