Activate on-premises licenses

You must activate the on-premises licenses on the license server to be able to use them. You activate licenses in Tekla License Administration Tool, which is installed with the license server.

To activate an on-premises license, you must have the corresponding EntitlementCertificate.html license entitlement certificate file. The entitlement certificates are not computer-specific:

You can activate licenses from several entitlement certificates on one license server.
You can activate licenses from one entitlement certificate on several license servers.

When you activate on-premises licenses, your license server contacts the activation server at Trimble and the license rights are transferred to your license server. Internet access is required for license activation because the license server at your company needs to contact the activation server at Trimble.

You do not have to activate all the licenses at the same time or on the same license server. You must activate licenses for different configurations and different versions separately.
You can activate licenses using manual or automatic server notification.

Do not use automatic server notification if you also use some other FlexNet license and license server administration tool, such as FlexNet Manager.

Activate on-premises licenses using automatic server notification

You can activate Tekla Structures on-premises licenses in Tekla License Administration Tool, which is included in the license server installation. To activate the license, the license server at your company contacts the activation server at Trimble through the internet. Tekla Structures subscriptions do not need to be activated.

Note:

Do not use automatic server notification if you also use some other FlexNet license and license server administration tool, such as FlexNet Manager.

On the Windows Start menu, go to Tekla Licensing > Tekla License Administration Tool.
Click Open Certificate, then browse for the new EntitlementCertificate.html file.

The licenses that are available to activate are shown in the Choose licenses to activate area.
For each license that you want to activate, do these steps:
1. In the quantity selection for each license, select how many licenses to activate in one of the following ways:
  - Enter the number of licenses in the box.
  - Use the - and + buttons to change the number of licenses.
2. Click the Activate button.
Your license server contacts the license activation server at Trimble.

The activated licenses are shown in the Activated Licenses area.
We recommend that you back up the trusted storage (..\ProgramData\FLEXnet\) in a safe place on a different computer than the license server. Backups can help you restore your licenses on the same server if active licenses are accidentally erased.
When you open Tekla License Administration Tool later on, it detects expired and broken licenses you may have and asks if you want to deactivate or repair them. If you select Yes, an automatic deactivation or repair is run.

Next, if the on-premises license server is installed on a different computer than Tekla Structures, connect Tekla Structures to the on-premises license server.

Activate on-premises licenses using manual server notification

You have to use manual notification if you are using some other FlexNet license and license server administration tool, such as FlexNet Manager.

To activate the licenses and notify the server manually:

On the Windows Start menu, go to Tekla Licensing > Tekla License Administration Tool.
Make sure the automatic license server notification is disabled. Check the status on the Notify Server button in the toolbar and click the button if necessary.
Click Open Certificate, then browse for the new EntitlementCertificate.html file.

The licenses that are available to activate are shown in the Choose licenses to activate area.
For each license that you want to activate, do these steps:
1. In the quantity selection for each license, select how many licenses to activate in one of the following ways:
  - Enter the number of licenses in the box.
  - Use the - and + buttons to change the number of licenses.
2. Click the Activate button.
Your license server contacts the license activation server at Trimble.
Notify the server.

You must do these steps each time that you activate a license.
1. On the Windows Start menu, go to Tekla Licensing > LMTOOLS.
2. On the Service/License File tab, ensure that Configuration using services and Tekla Licensing Service are selected.
3. In the LMTOOLS dialog box, go to the Start/Stop/Reread tab.
4. Click ReRead License File.
  
  The license server reads the license information.

The activated licenses are shown in the Activated Licenses area.
We recommend that you back up the trusted storage (..\ProgramData\FLEXnet\) in a safe place on a different computer than the license server. Backups can help you restore your licenses on the same server if active licenses are accidentally erased.
When you open Tekla License Administration Tool, it detects expired and broken licenses you may have and asks if you want to repair or deactivate them. If you select Yes, an automatic deactivation or repair is run.

Next, if the on-premises license server is installed on a different computer than Tekla Structures, connect Tekla Structures to the on-premises license server.