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Chapter 6: Administration Utilities
Using the License Update utility
Use the License Update utility to review and, as needed, change the following license
information: number of licensed users, the expiration date for an OpenEdge product,
and/or update your evaluation license to an OpenEdge non-evaluation license. (Note
that the License Update utility is also called the Product Update utility.)
Contact your Progress Software Corporation sales representative for a new License
Addendum if you need to use this utility.
Note: For information on installing OpenEdge components using the License
Addendum File, refer to the “Using an Electronic License Addendum file”
section on page 123 for installing in Windows, and the “Obtaining an Electronic
License Addendum file” section on page 79 for installing on UNIX.
Changes to accommodate license updates
The License Update process streamlines the process of updating an existing product
license. You can now enter a different, but valid serial number (and associated, new
control numbers) to update an existing license file (progress.cfg). In prior releases,
the update process would not accept different serial numbers; you had to uninstall an
existing license and then install the newer product license.
This new update process can be used to update licenses obtained through either the
product evaluation process or PSDN subscription renewal process. You simply enter a
new product serial number during the installation process to automatically update the
current license data in the progress.cfg. If want to update an evaluation license to a
non-evaluation license, you no longer have to uninstall the evaluation license and then
install the non-evaluation license. You can perform the procedure to update the
License Update utility by entering your new valid serial and control codes.
To use the License Update utility to update your license in Windows:
1. Use the Show Configuration utility (SHOWCFG) to display the product license
information for each OpenEdge product installed on your system. See the
“Displaying license information using the SHOWCFG utility” section on page 192
for instructions.
2. Choose the License Update icon from your OpenEdge group. After a welcome
message appears, the Serial & Control Numbers dialog box appears.
3. Type the serial number and the new control numbers that Progress Software
Corporation supplies when you upgrade your license.
4. Choose Accept. The Product(s) Updated dialog box displays the products you
want to update. When you are finished updating the products, choose Done.
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