Context & Prerequisites
Thermo Scientific software can be sold as yearly renewable subscriptions. In this model, the delivered licenses are time-limited and typically expire after one year.
Upon license expiration, each client application will no longer be able to run.
To reactivate these licenses (assuming the subscription has been renewed), you need to upgrade them to the same version number by performing the following steps.
Process
1. Open a command prompt/terminal in the directory where you have extracted the FlexNet server tools archive and go to the FlexNetLicenseServerTools subdirectory.
2. Run ServerFNOODActivation -v to display the licenses currently installed on your machine.
3. Copy all fulfillment IDs.
4. Your server is connected to the internet:
- Run ServerFNOODActivation -u <FulfillmentID> <SameVersionNumber> for every fulfillment ID.
<SameVersionNumber> contains only major and minor numbers (for example, 2019.1, not 2019.1.1).
You can request several reactivations at the same time:
ServerFNOODActivation -u <FulfillmentID1> <SameVersionNumber> -u <FulfillmentID2> <SameVersionNumber> -u <FulfillmentID3> <SameVersionNumber>
Your server is not connected to the internet:
- Run ServerFNOODActivation -u <FulfillmentID> <SameVersionNumber> -offline <File.xml>.
<SameVersionNumber> contains only major and minor numbers (for example, 2019.1, not 2019.1.1).
For example: ServerFNOODActivation -u 52518253 2019.1 -offline request.xml
If you have multiple activation codes, you can request multiple reactivations in the same file:
ServerFNOODActivation -u <FulfillmentID1> <SameVersionNumber> -u <FulfillmentID2> <SameVersionNumber> -u <FulfillmentID3> <SameVersionNumber> -offline <File.xml>
- Generate and import the response XML file:
Transfer your XML request file to a computer with an internet connection.
Open https://vsg3d.flexnetoperations.com/control/vsgs/offlineActivation in a web browser.
Specify the path to your XML request file in the provided file field.
Click Process. An activation.xml response file is downloaded.
Transfer this activation.xml file to the FlexNet license server.
Back in the command prompt/terminal, enter:
ServerFNOODActivation -response <ResponseXMLPath>/activation.xml (where <ResponseXMLPath> corresponds to the directory where you have transferred the activation.xml XML response file).Your licenses are activated in a few seconds.
5. Open http://localhost:8090/vendor in a web browser.
6. Click on the mcslmd line.
7. Click on Reread License Files.
Example:
Your organization has purchased a one-year renewable subscription for 10 Amira licenses, version 2019.1. At the end of the subscription period, the time-limited licenses will expire.
Before they expire, and assuming that you have renewed your subscription, run the ServerFNOODActivation utility for each Amira fulfillment ID, using 2019.1 as the version number.