Activations

An activation refers to a method of generating a license for a product. Licenses uses machine-specific locking criteria to identify a device. This ensures that the product can be used only on the device to which it is locked.

Prerequisites for activating a product:

>The remaining quantity of the product in your entitlement must be more than zero.

>The locking code of your machine must be available when generating a locked license.

The Activations Page

In the navigation pane, click Activations to open the Activations page.

To learn how to:	See:
View activations or license details	>Viewing Activations or License Details >Search Parameters for Activations >Actions for an Activation >Activations >Configuring the Grid
Activate a product NOTE You perform these activation tasks from the Entitlements page or the Products page.
	>Activate Using the 'Activate Online' Button
	>Activate Using the 'Activate Offline' Button
Activate a product without logging in to the customer portal	>Updating Licenses from the Login Screen

Viewing Activations or License Details

This section describes what you can do on the Activations page.

Viewing Activation Information

For each activation, there are several details available on the Activations page.

The following table explains these activation details:

Attribute

Description

Activation Date

Activation date of the product.

Product Name

Name of the product activated.

AID

Unique ID that identifies the activation.

EID

Unique ID that identifies the entitlement from which the product is activated.

Activated Quantity

Quantity of the product activated

License File: Specifies the conditions under which the software can run on your machine.

File Name

Name of the file that contains the license details of the activated product.

Action

Download

Downloads the Vendor-to-Customer Package (V2CP) file to your default downloads folder. The V2CP file contains information for updating licensing terms on your computer.

Activation Attributes: Specifies the activation-related attributes such as Product Name, Status, AID, Activation Date, Product Name, EID, Activated Quantity, and Licensing Attributes. The activation attributes contain the information used for activating a product.

Search Parameters for Activations

You can use the search bar to filter the listed activations based on the following search parameters.

>AID: Unique identifier for an activation.

>Product Name: Name of the activated product.

For information on how to search, see Searching an Entity.

Actions for an Activation

The Actions column provides additional operations that you can perform for a record in the grid on this page. Some or all of the following options may be available.

Action	Description
View Entitlements	Opens the entitlement for the selected activation in the Entitlements page. For details, see Entitlements.
View Downloads	Opens the download details of the activated product in the Downloads page. For details, see Downloads.

Configuring the Grid

NOTE Relevant only for vendor administrators who log in to the Sentinel EMS customer portal to perform configuration-related activities.

You can show or hide the entity attributes that you want to display as columns on the page, and select the default grid column sorting as needed. For details on configuring the grids, see Sentinel EMS User Guide.

Updating Licenses from the Login Screen

If you receive a license update notification from your vendor, you can skip the login process and apply the license updates directly from the login screen on the machine where the existing licenses are installed.

To apply license updates from the login screen:

Click the Update Licenses button. Sentinel EMS automatically checks for and installs any licenses that are available for any keys that are connected to your machine. A key can refer to software or hardware (for instance, a dongle), depending on what is already installed.