22.2 Activating Driver Sets Using Product Activation Key

Before using any driver set and the drivers residing inside the driver set, you must activate it using the activation code received in your email id. After purchasing a license, you will receive your activation key from OpenText. Perform the following steps to activate the driver set using your activation key:

  1. Click the IDM Administration tab from the home page.

  2. Click Actions icon on the specific driver set box that you want to activate, and click Activation Installation.

    On applying Activation, each driverset tab in IDM Administration tile displays the activation information for all servers associated with that driverset. This info helps to identify when the activation will expiry.

  3. If you have the activation file downloaded on your computer, then select the check box for Select a file containing credentials.

  4. Browse and select the activation file and click on Submit.

  5. Alternatively, you can activate the driver set using the content of the activation file. Select the check box for Enter the credentials.

    1. Open the Product Activation Credential file, then copy the contents of the Product Activation Credential to your clipboard.

    2. If you chose to copy the contents, do not include any extra lines or spaces. You should begin copying from the first dash (-) of the credential (----BEGIN PRODUCT ACTIVATION CREDENTIAL) through the last dash (-) of the credential (END PRODUCT ACTIVATION CREDENTIAL-----) and click Finish.

  6. A confirmation message appears indicating that the driver set has been activated successfully.