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When the installation is complete, License Activator steps you through activating your license. Note that you must re-activate your license whenever you upgrade your license or renew your maintenance. You can open the license activation dialog at any time by clicking Activate License Statistics in the X-Formation License Statistics program group (Start > All Programs > X-Formation > License Statistics > Activate License Statistics)application group.

When you activate your license, it generates a license file (*.lic) that you can reuse with new updates of the software (unless you are instructed to update the license for any reason). 

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  1. Select the appropriate option based on whether you are installing License Statistics for the first time, upgrading License Statistics, or running the trial version of License Statistics:

    - If you are installing License Statistics for the first time: Enter your Activation Key (sent to you via email). If you cannot locate your activation key, you can find it by going to License Activation Center (LAC) and clicking the link "Get your activation keys" on the LAC login pagerequest for it contacting us.

    - If you are upgrading License Statistics: Select the option to browse for and select a previously activated license file.

    - If you are running the trial version of License Statistics: Select the option to run License Statistics as a trial. You can skip the remaining activation steps and continue with Step 3: Configure License Statistics for your site.

  2. Click Next to continue, and then choose to activate the license for the current computer or browse for and select a different computer on which to activate the license.

  3. Click Next to continue, and then click Activate to start the activation.

    A final screen displays the progress and success (or failure) of the license activation. When activation is complete, close the License Activator window.

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  • Change the setting for the query interval time from 10 minutes to minute to generate statistics every minute so you can quickly confirm that License Statistics is running normally, which you'll do in Step 6. (After you verify that License Statistics is running normally, you should change this setting to a larger value.)
  • Specify the path to your lmutil utility query tool if needed.

Step 4: Ensure you have the latest lmutil query tool version.

You For example you must use lmutil v9.2 or newer with License Statistics. (You can check your lmutil version on Windows in the file Properties or by running lmutil -v from a command line.) You can request a download of the newest lmutil version from http://www.globes.com/support/fnp_utilities_download.htm.

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Start the service by selecting License Statistics > Start License Statistics from the X-Formation License Statistics program application group. (To stop the service, select License Statistics > Stop License Statistics.)

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  • A couple of minutes after starting the service, review the log files and ensure they contain no ERROR or WARNING lines that indicate problems with parsing, monitoring servers, or adding or editing license servers. The following output example messages indicate the service is running normally:

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