User manual ACRONIS LICENSE SERVER

[. . . ] PROCESS FOR REUSING LICENSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. 1 Component Uninstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. 2 Renew Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REMOVING LICENSES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The number of deployments onto the same computer, as well as the number of Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console, Acronis OS Deploy Server*, Acronis PXE Server or Acronis License Server installations is not counted. For example, to deploy software on 100 computers you need 100 licenses. No additional licenses are required to manage the deployed computers, even if you re-deploy any of them. If, for any reason, you want to manage a new computer that was not previously deployed with Acronis Snap Deploy, you will need a new license to install the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent to that computer. The upgrade of Acronis products does not require new licenses, if you install the new licensed components to the same computers. The number of computers not the number of upgrades is the component that the ALS tracks. * When installing Acronis OS Deploy Server, you have to specify the ALS. Acronis OS Deploy Server checks the availability of free licenses and stores the specified ALS parameters to be able to access the ALS later, when deployment is launched. 2. Supported operating systems Windows NT 4. 0 Workstation SP6/2000 Professional SP4/XP Professional SP2 Windows NT 4. 0 Server SP6/2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/2003 Server Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2006 3 3. Installing Acronis License Server You must install the ALS and import product licenses before installing any licensed Acronis product component. 3. 1 Typical, Custom and Complete ALS installation You can choose Typical, Custom or Complete ALS installation. The complete installation includes ALS, ALS Management Console and ALS Management Tool. The ALS Management Tool is a simple command-line utility for controlling ALS, while the Management Console provides an easy-to-use GUI and additional useful features such as remote Acronis products installation. You may want to install the Management Console or the Management Tool on a computer different from the server where the ALS is installed, and control the ALS remotely. for ATIES) is already installed, you most probably will choose to install only ALS, because you already have the necessary management instruments. 3. 2 ALS installation for various Acronis products Acronis True Image Enterprise Server, Acronis True Image Workstation, and Acronis Snap Deploy products include the ALS in their installation bundle. It is recommended that all ALS installations are done on the same server (provided that all computers running that products are connected to the same local network). The ALS then will be seen as a common server for all Acronis products. The administrator will be able to manage multiple licenses for multiple Acronis products from one central location. The ALS can identify licenses by numbers, so no additional steps for recognition of the product type are required. 4. Adding licenses to Acronis License Server Every Acronis serial number that is provided with an Acronis product, must be added to the ALS by the network administrator, using the Acronis License Server Management Console or the ALS Management Tool. Trial versions of the product will be managed by ALS, however the serial numbers will only be valid for a limited period of time. The ALS can import multiple serial numbers from a . txt file, saving you from time-consuming procedure of typing in each serial number. You may want to create one file with all serial numbers, or several files for each product or each purchase and then add these serial numbers to the ALS. Once the ALS has imported the serial numbers, you need not keep the text file(s) with the serial numbers any more. When upgraded, recovered or reinstalled, the ALS keeps all the imported serials in its memory. It is recommended that you copy the file(s) with serial numbers to removable media, or create a hard copy of that file(s) and keep it in a safe place. [. . . ] to choose data to display: Product Name, Serial Number, Import Date, Expiration Date and Total number of licenses assigned to each serial number, as well as how many of them are Free and Used. For example, if one license corresponds to one serial number, Total=1, Free=1, Used=0 (if the license is free) or Free=0, Used=1 (if the license is engaged). The Used Licensed mode lists all licenses that are engaged. Use View -> Choose Details to choose data to display: Product Name, Host Name (name of the computer using this license), Host Address, Serial Number, Acquire Date (when the product using the license was installed) and Renew Date (date when the licensed component was run the last time plus 30 days, see 7. 2 Renew Date"). 6 Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2006 You can sort any list using View -> Arrange Icons by. 7. Process for Reusing Licenses Acronis Snap Deploy licenses cannot be reused. [. . . ]