tiger technology licensing server manual

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Tiger Technology Licensing Server

Entering Tiger Technology Licensing Server . 2

Activating a metaSAN License . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Deactivating metaSAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Activating metaLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Viewing Activation Report For Your Account 10

Using the Download Section . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Users Guide


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Entering Tiger Technology Licensing Server

The Tiger Technology licensing server is the place where you can activate and deactivate all

types of licenses associated to the Tiger Technology products. To enter the Tiger Technologylicensing server, you should authenticate yourself with a user name and password. The Tiger

Technology licensing server uses as user name the sales order for your account. If your account

is without password, it is advisable to set a password for it. For more details about setting/

changing the password of your account, refer to page 3.

To enter Tiger Technology licensing server:

1. Go to

https://license.tiger-technology.com

The Start page of Tiger Technology licensing server appears.

2. Enter your user name and password in the corresponding fields, and click Log in.

Note: If your account is without password, leave the password field empty.

You have successfully entered the Tiger Technology licensing server. If you havent registered

yet, you have to fill the registration form, to continue. You can edit your registration

information at any time, following the steps described in Editing Contact and Setup

Information on page 11.

In the Order Info pane in the upper right of the page, you can view details about your account:

Product Displays the product for which your order is created.

Type Displays the license type of your account - commercial, evaluation or not for resale.


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Activating a metaSAN License

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Maintenance Displays the date at which the maintenance support for your account

expires.

Total SAN Displays the number of SAN licenses for your account.

Free SAN Displays the number of free SAN licenses for your account.

Total LAN Displays the number of LAN licenses for your account.

To set or change the password of your account:

1. After entering the licensing server, click Set Password above the Order Info pane.

The Set Password page appears.

2. Enter the new password in the corresponding fields, and click Set Password.

Activating a metaSAN License

After installing metaSAN on your computer you need to activate the product in order to achieve

the full performance your SAN offers. Until your copy of metaSAN is not activated, you will not

be able to mount any SAN volume on your computer.

If you activate metaSAN with an evaluation key, the license expires 45 days after generating the

key. After the evaluation license expires, you will not be able to mount any SAN volume.

The activation procedure consists of two parts - obtaining an activation key on the licensing

server and activating metaSAN on the machine. To facilitate this process, metaSAN offers two

methods for activation - automatic and manual. Automatic activation connects you to the

licensing server, generates an activation key for your copy of metaSAN, and activates it on the

computer. In case the machine on which you want to activate metaSAN is not connected to the

Internet, or you want to obtain all activation keys on one machine and then distribute them

among the workstations on your SAN, you should use the manual activation method.


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To activate metaSAN manually:

1. (Mac OS X and Windows) In the About tab of metaSAN window, click Activate metaSAN.

The Activation Mode dialog appears.

2. To get the serial number of metaSAN on your computer, do one of the following:

(Linux) In command-line, type this followed by Return

metasan serial

metaSAN displays the serial number of your copy of metaSAN.

(Mac OS X and Windows) Select "Manual activation", and click OK.

The Manual Activation dialog appears. It displays the serial number of your copy of

metaSAN.

3. Copy the serial number and in a web browser go to


Tip: You can click the address of the licensing server in the Manual Activation dialog to

enter the licensing site.

4. Log on to the licensing server. See Entering Tiger Technology Licensing Server on page 2.


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Deactivating metaSAN

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5. In the Licensing Server menu, click Activate License.

The Activate License page appears.

6. Paste the serial number for your copy of metaSAN and click Generate Activation Key.

The licensing server displays the activation key.

7. Copy the Activation key.

8. Do one of the following:

(Mac OS X and Windows) In the Manual Activation dialog, paste the Activation key

generated for your copy of metaSAN and click Activate.

(Linux) To activate metaSAN on your computer, in command-line, type

metasan activate


In certain cases you need to uninstall and deactivate metaSAN. When you want to transfer your

metaSAN license to another machine, you have to obtain a new activation key (as the activation

key is granted per machine) and return the old one by deactivating your license for this computer.

After deactivating metaSAN on your computer, you will not be able to activate it again and

benefit from the SAN performance with the same key even if you reinstall metaSAN.

The deactivation procedure of metaSAN consists of two parts - obtaining a deactivation key and

deactivating metaSAN on the licensing server in order to obtain new activation key. You can

choose between two methods for deactivating metaSAN - automatic and manual. The automatic

method automatically deactivates metaSAN on your computer and on the licensing server. In

case your computer is not connected to the Internet, you can also use the manual deactivation

and deactivate metaSAN on the licensing server later or from another machine.

To obtain a deactivation key (Mac OS X and Windows):

1. Do one of the following:

(Mac OS X) In the Finder, browse for and double-click the metaSAN installation file.


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(Windows) Open Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon (Programs

and Features on Windows Vista), select metaSAN, and click Remove (Windows XP/Server

2003) or right-click metaSAN and select uninstall.

The deactivation wizard starts.

2. Select Yes, return the license to server, and click Next.

Note: On Mac OS X, enter the user name and password in the Authenticate dialog, thenclick OK.

3. In the Setup dialog, choose Manual Deactivation, and click Next.

metaSAN lists the serial number and activation key of your metaSAN copy and generates a

deactivation key.


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4. Click Next.

A text file (metaSAN_Keys.txt) containing the serial number, activation and deactivation

keys, is automatically saved on the Desktop of the currently logged user.

5. When prompted, restart the computer.

To obtain a deactivation key (Linux):

1. In command-line, type this followed by Return

metasan deactivate

2. Press Enter.

metaSAN displays the serial number, activation and deactivation keys of your copy of

metaSAN.

3. Copy the deactivation key.


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To deactivate your copy of metaSAN on the licensing server:

1. In a web browser, go to



2. In the licensing server menu, click Order Information.

The licensing server lists all activated SAN and LAN licenses with their creation date, serial

numbers and activation keys.

3. Find the SAN license you want to deactivate.

Tip: You can use the Find command of your web browser and search by serial number oractivation key.

4. Beside the SAN license, click the Deactivate button.

The Deactivate SAN License page appears.

5. Paste the deactivation key in the corresponding field, and click Deactivate license.

The Order Info pane for your account is updated with one free SAN license.

Activating metaLAN

All LAN client machines added to the definition will be able to access exported shares as long

as their number does not exceed the number of activated LAN licenses.

Note: The definition in which you activate LAN client licenses should be created on a SANMember or a metaLAN Server computer.

The activation procedure consists of two parts - obtaining an activation key on the licensing

server and activating metaLAN in the SAN definition. You can choose between two methods for

activation - automatic and manual. Automatic activation connects you to the licensing server,

generates an activation key for your metaLAN licenses, and activates them in the definition. In


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case the machine on which you want to activate metaLAN is not connected to the Internet, you

should use the manual activation method

metaLAN licenses should not be deactivated in a given SAN definition in order to use them in

another definition. To activate LAN client licenses in another SAN definition, simply follow the

same steps.

To activate LAN client licenses manually:

1. In the About tab of the metaSAN window, click Activate metaLAN.

The Activation Method dialog appears.

2. In the drop-down box, select the SAN definition in which you want to activate the licenses.

3. In the Activation Method dialog, choose Manual Activation, and click OK.The Manual Activation dialog appears. It displays the serial number of the selected SAN

definition.

4. Copy the serial and in a web browser go to



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Tip: You can click the address of the licensing server in the Manual Activation dialog toenter the licensing site.

The licensing server home page opens in your web browser.


6. In the Licensing Server menu, click Activate LAN Licenses.

The Activate LAN Licenses page appears.

7. Paste the serial number of the SAN definition and click Generate Activation Key.

The licensing server displays the activation key.

8. Copy the Activation key.

9. In the Manual Activation dialog, paste the Activation key generated for your metaLAN

licenses, and click Activate.

The metaLAN licenses are activated for this SAN definition.

Viewing Activation Report For Your Account

In the licensing server you can view detailed report of all actions (activations, deactivations, etc.)

you have performed in your account.

To view a report for your account:1. Enter the licensing server. See Entering Tiger Technology Licensing Server on page 2.

2. In the Licensing Server menu, click Activation Report.

The Activation History Reports page appears. It displays each activation/deactivation you

have performed in a table with details about the date, serial numbers, activation and

deactivation keys.


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Editing Contact and Setup Information

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Editing Contact and Setup Information

You can edit the contact and setup information you have supplied upon registering on the

licensing server at any time.

To edit the contact information of your account:

1. In the Licensing Server menu, click Contact Information.

The licensing server displays the contact information you have provided upon registering.

2. Edit the desired information and click Submit.

To edit the setup information of your account:1. In the Licensing Server menu, click Setup Information.

The licensing server displays the setup information you have provided upon registering.

2. Edit the desired information and click Submit.

Using the Download Section

Depending on your order type, in the Download section of the licensing server you can download

the latest version of the software (Current Version), older versions of the software (Older

Versions) as well as all documentation related to the product (Documentation).


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