Bulk license orders let end users use one activation key to activate a software license on more than one machine by using one activation key. You create a bulk license order by specifying that multiple activations are allowed when creating/editing the license order.
To create a bulk license order:
- Follow the general instructions for creating the license order as given in Creating and managing license orders.
- In the Add License Order dialog, specify the number of activations in the Activations Allowed field of the Settings tab, as shown below. Our example shows that 10 activations are allowed for this license order.
After creating a bulk license order, the General Information area in the Licenses page shows the Activations Allowed and Activations Remaining. Our example shows that 10 activations are allowed and 10 remain, indicating that no license have been activated yet.
After activating four licenses, the number of remaining activations has decreased (from ten to six) and now indicates that we can still activate six licenses. Furthermore, the Licenses grid shows details of each activated license.
Note: Bulk licensing added the Activated Licenses grid to the Licenses page. The Activated Licenses grid includes four columns, i.e. Expiration Date, Maintenance End Date and Activation Time and HostIDs that were previously found in the License Orders grid.
Note: Since each license (under the bulk license order) is identified by a unique combination of the activation key and HostID, end users can activate bulk licenses on their own using the end-user portal, email. or the API, as described in Activating software licenses.