Manual authorization is necessary if your machine does not have Internet connectivity or if normal (automatic) authorization has failed.
where normal authorization has failed, the user interface for manual authorization is displayed automatically. You can start this interface manually by choosing the
Manual Activation option from the
Options menu.
- Start the
Micro Focus Licensing Administration tool if it is not already enabled.
- From the
Options menu, select
Manual Authorization.
Take the following steps for both methods of Manual Authorization:
- Either click the http link on the Manual Authorization Interface or paste the http link into an Internet browser. If you don't have an Internet connection, make a note of the address and perform this step on a machine with Internet access. When you have obtained the license strings you can then copy them onto the license server.
The link will take you to the Micro Focus license activation webpage.
- Enter your authorization code (a 16-character alphanumeric string)
- Enter your Machine ID. The Machine ID string is displayed on the Manual Authorization interface.
- Enter your e-mail address in the
Email Address field.
- Click
Generate.
- Copy the generated license string and paste it into
License String on the Manual Authorization interface.
Alternatively, wait until you have received an email message from Product Support containing your license string.
- Click
Install Licenses.
