Licensing

The LICENSING window is used to view and manage Minemax Software licenses.

Detected Licenses

All available Minemax Software license keys (local and remote) are displayed in the license key dropdown. If a license key does not appear in the dropdown, ensure the dongle is attached to the computer and click Refresh.

To view the licenses associated with a license key, select the key from the dropdown and review the products table. The products table lists the name of the licensed Minemax Software and the maintenance expiry date.

Properties of the selected license key are:

  • key type—HL Key (dongle) or SL Key (product key)
  • location—The license is located on a local or remote machine.
  • rehostable—If true, the license can be transferred to another machine.
  • parent key —Network license ID. Only visible when a network license has been detached to the local machine..
  • KEY DISABLED—Shown when a key has been disabled due to tampering or cloning. Click on the Create C2V button to generate a .c2v file which can be sent to Minemax Support to reactivate the license.

Check for License Updates

Click Check under check for license updates to retrieve and apply updates to the currently detected licenses.

Manually Update an Existing License

Licenses can be updated using a license update file (*.v2c) generated by Minemax. Manual updates are used when the automatic license updates and the check for license updates features both fail.

To manually update a license:

  1. Browse to the .v2c file using the ... button.
  2. Click Update to apply the license update.

Add New License

Soft licenses (SL Key) are deployed with the add new license feature. These types of licenses are node locked, that is, only users of a single computer can use the license.

To activate a soft license (SL Key) on the current machine:

  1. Enter the product key in the add new license input box.
  2. Click Activate to deploy the license.

Transfer (Rehost) an SL Key

Before starting the transfer procedure, please ensure you have the latest release of Minemax Software Manager installed. The latest release can be download from the Minemax website.

Follow the activities below to transfer an SL key from one computer to another:

Activity 1:

Perform this activity on the machine to which you want to transfer the SL key, that is, the recipient machine.

  1. Click the Collect and Save button and save the Recipient Fingerprint File (.id) file to your desktop.
  2. Copy this file to the machine that hosts the SL key to be transferred.

Activity 2:

Perform this activity on the machine that hosts the license.

  1. In the license key drop-down, select the license key to be transferred (note only SL keys can be transferred).
  2. Browse to the Recipient Fingerprint File generated in Activity 1.

  3. Click the Create Transfer File button.

    WARNING: After the License Transfer File has been generated, the SL key will be removed from the machine. Do not delete the License Transfer File before completing the transfer procedure, otherwise the key will be lost.

  4. Save the License Transfer File (.h2h) to your desktop.
  5. Copy this file to the recipient machine.

Activity 3:

Perform this activity on the recipient machine.

  1. Browse to the License Transfer File generated in Activity 2.
  2. Click the Install License button to install the license and complete the transfer procedure.