Licensing

To activate your PLA 3.0 license, you install a software key on the computer or license server that should hold the PLA 3.0 license. Activating the PLA 3.0 license automatically activates the license keys for your add-ons.

Note: We recommend software keys for license activation. For details on legacy hardware keys, see the Legacy protection keys topic.

Overview

To install the software key, you use the PLA License Key Manager, one of the applications provided by the PLA License System. In the PLA License Key Manager, you work with the following files:

  • Customer-to-Vendor (.c2v) file: You create this file to collect status information about the computer or license server you want to license.

  • Vendor-to-Customer file (.v2c) file: Once we receive your .c2v file, we create the .v2c file for you. This file contains the actual license information.

Steps

License activation using a software key
Figure 1. License activation using a software key

Example

In the following example, the license is applied to a license server:
License activation using .c2v and .v2c files
Figure 2. License activation using .c2v and .v2c files

How-to video

The following video shows how to activate a PLA 3.0 license step-by-step: