[Thermo Scientific License Manager for Server (LMs)]
Context & Prerequisites
Caution: For Avizo, Amira, and PerGeos applications, upgrades are only available for licenses in version 2021.1 or later. If you are upgrading from a version earlier than 2021.1, first activate the license codes you received by email when version 2021.1 was released, then proceed with the upgrade.
When a new version of a Thermo Scientific™ software application is released, you must upgrade your activated licenses. Follow these steps to upgrade a floating license offline.
Process
1. Launch Thermo Scientific License Manager for Server (LMs).
2. Open the License Administration tab and click Upgrade Licenses.
3. A dialog appears describing the steps required before importing the license file. Follow them step by step, as described below.
4. (Step 2 and 3) On a machine with internet access, open the Thermo Scientific License Manager for Server (LM) portal.
- In the Operations display, select Upgrade.
- In the Upgrade (1/3) display:
- Select your machine's Host ID type:
- Ethernet address: The unique identifier derived from your network adapter’s MAC address. This ties licenses to a specific machine for products like Amira-Avizo, OpenInventor, and ImageDev.
- Athena platform ID: The specific platform identifier for Athena platform-hosted products.
- Enter your server Host ID and the Order line number.
- Click Continue.
- Select your machine's Host ID type:
- In the Upgrade (2/3) display:
- Enter the version you want to upgrade to.
- Check the box next to each license you want to upgrade, and adjust the number of tokens to activate for each selected license. The number of tokens must be less than or equal to the number of tokens you purchased.
- Click Upgrade.
- (Step 4) In the Upgrade (3/3) display, a green pop-up will confirm the successful upgrade.
- Click Download License File and save the generated license.dat file. Transfer the file to the offline machine.
5. Return to the Thermo Scientific License Manager for Server to complete the upgrade process:
- Click Import license file.
- Click Add and browse to select the license.dat file generated by the LM portal.
- Click Import. A green pop-up confirms the successful import.
6. Restart the server when prompted. A green pop-up confirms the successful restart.
7. In the License Administration tab, click Check Licenses Status to confirm that the update is correctly installed on the server (refer to article KA-01344, titled "Offline Checking Server Licenses Status Using License Manager for Server").