Documentation forAccess Rights Manager

Switch from an evaluation license to a production license

To convert your evaluation license into a permanent production license, complete the following steps. You will need a purchased license and access to the SolarWinds customer portal.

Activating a license binds your purchased license to a single installation. See transfer a license to another server for more information.

  1. Start the Access Rights Manager configuration application and click "License".

  2. Click Activate.

  3. Decide how you want to perform the license activation: Online or offline.

    Online is recommended. The Access Rights Manager server needs an internet connection.

    Select Offline if the Access Rights Manager server has no Internet connection.

Online activation

  1. Log in to the SolarWinds customer portal. You can use the link. You will find the appropriate activation key in the entry for your purchased Access Rights Manager license.
  2. Copy the activation key from the customer portal into the input field.
  3. (Optional) Activate this option if the Internet connection is established through a proxy server.

  4. Specify to whom the product should be registered. You must enter at least one email address. When you are finished, click Next.

  5. Specify to whom the product should be registered. You must enter at least one email address. When you are finished, click Activate.

  6. Click Finish.

    The Access Rights Manager configuration application will then restart to update the license information.

Offline activation

  1. Select Offline, and then click Next.

  2. For offline activation you need to transfer data between the Access Rights Manager server and a computer with internet access. Typically you can use:

    • Clipboard shared with guest and host
    • Shared folders
    • Email
    • USB memory stick, and so on

  3. Click Copy to Clipboard, and then click Next.

  4. Follow the directions on the screen, and then click Next.

  5. Click Browse.

  6. Navigate to the location where your *.LIC file from the customer portal ist stored and click Open.

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  7. Click Activate to complete the license activation.

  8. Click Finish. The Access Rights Manager configuration application will then restart to update the license information.