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Installing licenses silently

Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Micro Focus License Administration tool to install the licenses. You may only need to install licenses silently in some specific scenarios - for example, as part of a silent installation when you are distributing COBOL server with your applications.

After the application installation is complete you can install the license silently by executing the following commands:

Windows

If you have access to the Internet and an authorization code, execute the following commands:

For 32-bit Windows environments:

start /wait "" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\SafeNet Sentinel\Sentinel RMS License Manager\WinNT\cesadmintool" -term activate AuthorizationCode

For 64-bit Windows environments:

start /wait "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SafeNet Sentinel\Sentinel RMS License Manager\WinNT\cesadmintool" -term activate AuthorizationCode

If you don't have access to the Internet but have a file from Micro Focus that contains the license string:

For 32-bit Windows environments:

start /wait "" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\SafeNet Sentinel\Sentinel RMS License Manager\WinNT\cesadmintool" -term install -f FileName

For 64-bit Windows environments:

start /wait "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SafeNet Sentinel\Sentinel RMS License Manager\WinNT\cesadmintool" -term install -f FileName

where FileName is the name of the text file that contains all the license strings to be used.

UNIX

If you have access to the Internet and an authorization code, run the following as root:
```
cd /var/microfocuslicensing/bin
./cesadmintool.sh -authorize AuthorizationCode
```
If you don't have access to the Internet but have a file from Micro Focus that contains the license string, run the following as root:
```
cd /var/microfocuslicensing/bin
./cesadmintool.sh -install FileName
```
where FileName is the name of the text file that contains all the license strings to be used.