Portability Suite Product Licensing; Activating Your Product License; Online Activation; Section 1.1, "Activating Your Product License - Novell PLATESPIN PORTABILITY SUITE 8.1 Configuration Manual

Portability Suite Product
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Licensing
This section provides information about licensing and activating your PlateSpin
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product (PlateSpin Migrate or PlateSpin
Section 1.1, "Activating Your Product License," on page 9
Section 1.2, "About Per-Migration and Per-Workload Licensing," on page 11
Section 1.3, "Using the License Manager," on page 11
Section 1.4, "License Splitting," on page 13

1.1 Activating Your Product License

For product licensing, you must have a license activation code. If you do not have a license
activation code, request one through the
www.novell.com/customercenter/). A license activation code will be e-mailed to you.
When you launch the Portability Suite Client for the first time after installation, the License
Activation Wizard opens and prompts you to activate your product license.
License Activation Wizard
Figure 1-1
You have two options for activating your product license: online or offline.
Section 1.1.1, "Online Activation," on page 9
Section 1.1.2, "Offline Activation," on page 10

1.1.1 Online Activation

Online activation requires that your Portability Suite Client have Internet access.
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Protect), as well as managing your license keys.
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Novell Customer Center Web site (http://
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