Managing licenses

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Use the IBM Rational® Support Licensing website to obtain your license key for Rhapsody.

For instructions on enabling licenses for Rhapsody through Rational Common Licensing, see the related topic about Rational Common Licensing and Rhapsody.

About this task

The type of license you need for Rhapsody depends on how you are running the product:
  • For all licenses types, a system environment variable that is called TELELOGIC_LICENSE_FILE is set on the system running the Rhapsody product to specify either the path to the local license or to the license server.
  • If you are managing a license on a stand-alone machine (one where the license exists on this system only), you need an authorized user license (also called a node-locked license).
  • Client systems must specify the port@host to the license server in the TELELOGIC_LICENSE_FILE variable.
  • If you are managing a server license, then you must install and configure FlexNet files. For information about installing the license server for Rhapsody, including information about FlexNet, see the licensing guide that is provided with your license server. FlexNet is a licensing system from Flexera Software.

The following Rhapsody configurations require specific license types:

  • If your company has individual C and individual C++ Rhapsody licenses, you cannot open models across these languages without a multi-language license. That is, you cannot open a C model in Rhapsody Developer for C++ or a C++ model in Rhapsody Developer for C.
  • Java™ is available only in a multi-language license. You can open a Java model in Rhapsody Developer for C or Rhapsody Developer for C++ when using the multi-language license.

Procedure

To obtain your own license:

  1. Click the Rational License Key Center link on the Rational Support Licensing website.
  2. Click Continue.
  3. To log in to the center, type your email address and password.
    This password was sent in a Welcome email when your name was added to the License Key Center either at the time of purchase or by your License Key Center administrator. If you do not have an account in the License Key Center, select Don't have a password from the Login screen and enter the requested information including your IBM site ID and your sales order number. If you do not know your ID or sales order number, ask your Primary Site Contact at your company to add you to the account.
  4. If you are a member of more than one account, select the account you want to access.
  5. In the License Key Center, select the task that you want to perform, such as Get Keys, Return Keys.
    Note:

    For more information about how to use the IBM Rational License Key Center, see the Rational License Key Center Quick Start Guide available on the Rational Support Licensing website or view the instructional videos available in the License Key Center.