The following information explains how activation works for DirXML products. To activate your DirXML products you must:
DirXML and DirXML drivers must be activated within 90 days of installation, otherwise they will shut down. At any time during the 90 days, or afterward, you can choose to activate DirXML products to a fully licensed state.
NOTE: Activating a driver does not change your current configuration or install a newer version of the driver shim. It simply changes the driver to an activated state.
Activation procedures are the same regardless of the DirXML products you purchase. The following examples describe various activation scenarios you might encounter:
After you complete the activation procedures, you view your current DirXML activations through iManager. For more information, refer to Viewing Product Activations for DirXML and DirXML Drivers .
For more information about Activation, refer to Activation Basics and Activation Troubleshooting.
To purchase DirXML licenses, see the information on How to Buy.
After you purchase a DirXML product license, Novell will send you a Customer ID via e-mail. If you do not remember or do not receive your Customer ID, please call the Novell Activation Center at 1-800-418-8373 in the U.S. In all other locations, call 1-801-861-8373. (You will be charged for calls made using the 801 area code.) You can also chat with us online.
NOTE: The individual who purchases the DirXML license will receive an e-mail containing the Customer ID. If your company uses its purchasing agent to handle this transaction, you might need to check with this individual to obtain your Customer ID.
You use your Customer ID to generate a Product Activation Request in Novell iManager. You should create a Driver Set object before you generate a Product Activation Request to activate DirXML.
NOTE: You will need to generate only one Product Activation Request for each tree where the driver is installed.
Open iManager.
Click DirXML Management > Activation Request Wizard.
Enter the name of the driver set or browse to a driver set where you want the driver to be activated > click Next.
If the driver set is not associated with a server or is associated with multiple servers, select a server to associate with a driver set > click Next.
When you select the server, your customer ID and identifying information about the server's tree are stored in the Product Activation Request.
Enter your Novell Customer ID > click Next to build your Activation Request file.
Copy the Activation Request file into the text area to the clipboard > click Next.
You will need to paste the contents of this file in a text area at the Novell Product Activator Web site.
IMPORTANT: Do not edit the content of the Product Activation Request.
Click the hyperlink to launch the Novell Product Activator Web site.
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Click Finish to return to the main menu of iManager.
NOTE: To continue the activation process, you need to submit this Product Activation Request to Novell at the Novell Product Activator Web site. For information, see Submitting an Activation Request .
After you create a Product Activation Request, you submit it to Novell through the Novell Product Activator Web site. After you submit the Product Activation Request, Novell will send an e-mail containing a Product Activation Credential. You use this credential to activate the driver.
Log in at the Product Product Activator Web site.
You must have an eLogin account to access the Product Activator Web site. If you don't already have an eLogin account, you can create this free account when you visit the Product Activator site.
Click Browse to specify the path to the Product Activation Request file or paste the text of the Product Activation Request into the text area.
If you copied the Product Activation Request to a diskette, make sure you have the request available on the computer you are working on.
IMPORTANT: Do not edit the content of the Product Activation Request.
Click Submit.
Mark the product you are activating.
You need to activate each line item.
Click Submit.
Novell generates a Product Activation Credential based on the Product Activation Request you submitted and sends that credential to you via e-mail.
You should install the Product Activation Credential via iManager. The following procedures explain how to install the Product Activation Credential.
Open the Novell e-mail that contains the Product Activation Credential.
Do one of these steps:
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IMPORTANT: Do not edit the contents of the Product Activation Credential file.
Open iManager.
Choose DirXML Management > Activation Installation Wizard.
Select the driver set or browse to a driver set > click Next.
If the driver set is not associated with a server or is associated with multiple servers, select a server to associate with a driver set > click Next.
Do one of these steps:
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Click Finish.
NOTE: You need to activate each driver set that has a driver, but you can use the same Product Activation Credential to activate each driver set (in the same tree that corresponds to your acquired license). Make sure you install the Product Activation Credential on the same tree where you generated the Product Activation Request.
For each of your DirXML license purchases, you can see the Product Activations you have installed for those licenses. To view Product Activations:
Open iManager.
Click eDirectory Administration > Modify Object.
Enter the driver set or the driver you want to view activation information for in the object name field.
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Browse to the driver set or the driver you want to view activation information on.
From the DirXML tab, select Activation.
DirXML and DirXML Driver activations display on this page. You can view the activation text or remove an activation from DirXML or from any driver. (You might want to remove an activation if it contains an error.)
NOTE: After installing a valid Product Activation Credential for a driver set, you might still see "Trial Version" next to the driver name. If this is the case, restart the driver and the message should then disappear.