Concept
Assign and Activate Licenses
When you have added the Entitlement to Device Administrator, you must assign and then activate the licenses on the field servers.
Assign Licenses
Assigning licenses is the process of distributing the licenses from the Entitlement to the field servers in the list.
Device Administrator prevent you from assigning licenses that are not applicable for the selected server.
Activate Licenses
When you have assigned the licenses to the field servers, you must activate the licenses. Activation is required for enabling features that require licenses. Activation is done on the field server level. You can activate licenses for all field servers in the list at the same time. Or you can choose to select a subset of servers and activate licenses for just those servers.
You cannot by accident activate duplicate licenses. Device Administrator does not allow you to activate the same license that is already activated on a field server.
Online activation is implemented immediately. Online activation requires that the field servers or the computer that runs Device Administrator is connected to the Internet.
For more information, see Activating Licenses Online .
A special case is semi online system where the field server is not connected to Internet, but Devices Administrator is connected to Internet. A semi online system is treated as an online system for licensing purposes.
For more information, see Semi Online System .
For more information, see Activating Licenses Online .
Offline activation is used when the field server does not have any access to the internet. Offline activation is a multi-step process.
After the licenses are assigned, you create a set of request files using Device Administrator. The request files are then uploaded to the FlexNet Operations Administrator server. The FlexNet Operations administrator server processes the request files and creates a set of response files. The response files are downloaded and copied to the computer that runs Device Administrator. The response files are sent from Device Administrator to the field server.
For more information, see Field Server Licensing on Field Servers not Connected to Internet Workflow .
Field Server Licensing Overview
Field Server Licensing on Field Servers not Connected to Internet Workflow
Field Server Licensing on Field Servers Connected to Internet Workflow
Activating Licenses Online
Assigning Licenses
Semi Online System