DL4300 Appliance
Managing licenses
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Updating or changing a license
After you upgrade or purchase a long-term Rapid Recovery license, you receive by email either a license file or a
license key.
Complete the steps in this procedure to upgrade your trial license or change your existing license, and associate it
with the Rapid Recovery Core Console.
NOTE:
Users of Dell backup appliances can also add licenses to the Core if necessary. For more
information, see
NOTE:
For information about obtaining a license key, or for details about using the license portal to
download software, register appliances, manage license subscriptions and license groups, and generate
license portal reports, see the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery License Portal User Guide.
If you just installed a new Core, and are being asked to choose a license file or key, skip to
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1. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core Console.
2.
On the icon bar, click
(Settings).
3. Scroll down on the right side of the Settings page until you can see the Licensing heading.
The Core settings for licensing appear.
4. To update or change the existing license associated with your Core, at the top of the License Details core
settings area, click
Change License.
The Change License dialog box appears.
5. To enter a license key or upload a license file, do one of the following:
a. If you want to manually enter the license key, in the Change License dialog box, type the key
carefully, and then click Continue.
The dialog box closes, and the license file you selected is authenticated, and that license is associated
with your Core.
b. If you want to upload a license file, in the Change License dialog box, click Choose File.
In the File Upload dialog box, navigate through the file system and locate the new license file you
want to use. For example, locate
Software-YourCompany.lic
.
c. Click the license file, and then click Open.
The File Upload dialog box closes. The selected license file appears in the Change License dialog
box.
d. In the Change License dialog box, click Continue.
The dialog box closes, and the license file you selected is authenticated, and that license is associated
with your Core.
6. Scroll down on the right side of the Settings page until you can see the License Server heading.
The Licensing core settings appear.
7. In the License Server area, click Contact Now.
Once the license is applied to the license server, any associated protected machines automatically update
with the new license.
Parent topic
Adding a license
Dell backup appliance owners can add one or more licenses to the Rapid Recovery Core Console.
