Applying XClarity Orchestrator licenses

Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator is a for-fee application. You can use XClarity Orchestrator for free for up to 90 days using the free-trial license; however, after the free trial expires, you must purchase and install appropriate licenses to continue using applicable XClarity Orchestrator functions and to get XClarity Orchestrator service and support.

Procedure

To install XClarity Orchestrator licenses, complete the following steps.

1. Contact your Lenovo representative or authorized Business Partner to purchase licenses based on the number of devices that you want to manage.

   After purchasing licenses, an authorization code is sent to you in an electronic proof of entitlement email. You can also retrieve the authorization code from the Features on Demand web portal by clicking Retrieve authorization code. If you do not receive the email and you purchased the license through a Business Partner, contact your Business Partner to request the authorization code.

   The authorization code is a 22-character alphanumeric string. You will need the authorization code to complete the next step.

2. Retrieve the activation keys for the licenses.
   • Creating activation keys from an authorization code
     1. Open the Features on Demand web portal from a web browser, and log in to the portal using your email address as your user ID.
     2. Click Request activation key.
     3. Select Input a Single Authorization Code.
     4. Enter the 22-character authorization code, and click Continue.
     5. Enter your Lenovo customer number in the Lenovo Customer Number field.
     6. Enter the number of licenses that you want to redeem in the Redeem Quantity field, and then click Continue.

        To redeem all the available licenses in this key, match the number in Available licenses field.

        If you redeem a subset of available licenses, you can redeem the remaining licenses in another activation key using the same authorization code.

     7. Follow the prompts to enter product details and contact information, and click Continue to generate the activation key.
     8. Optionally specify additional recipients to receive the activation keys.
     9. Click Submit to send the activation keys.

        The person assigned to the purchase order and the additional recipients will receive an email with the activation key. The activation key is a file in .KEY format.

        Note

        You can also download activation keys (individually or in batch) from the Features on Demand web portal by clicking Download link.
   • Downloading existing activation keys
     1. Open the Features on Demand web portal from a web browser, and log in to the portal using your email address as your user ID.
     2. Click Retrieve History.
     3. Select “Search history via Lenovo Customer Number” as the Search type.
     4. Enter your Lenovo Customer number in the Search Value field. The customer number format is 121XXXXXXX.
     5. Click Select all to download all activation keys or select individual activation keys from the list.
     6. Click Email to email the keys to you, or click Download to download the keys to your local system.
3. Apply licenses in XClarity Orchestrator.
   1. From the XClarity Orchestrator menu bar, click Maintenance (), and then click the Licenses tab to display the License Information card.
      
      
   2. Click the Import and Apply icon () to apply the licenses.
   3. Drag and drop the activation key file for the licenses that you want to apply to the Import dialog, or click Browse to locate the file.
      Tip

      To import multiple activation keys, compress the .KEY files into a ZIP file, and select the ZIP file for import.
   4. Click Import to import and apply the licenses.

      When the installation is complete, the activation (license) key is listed in the table with the number of installed licenses and the activation period (start and expiration dates).

4. If you applied the valid licenses after functions were disabled, log out and then log in again to enable the applicable functions.