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Transfer the License

Use the following procedure to transfer a group model license from your office PC to your home PC.

To transfer a group model license to your home PC

On your home PC:

  1. Start CA Plex and attempt to access your target group model. This creates a new set of license files in the Oblicense directory, which are necessary to register the home PC.
  2. Insert a blank disk into your home PC and create two directories: A:\HOME and A:\OFFICE.

    Note: You can name these directories anything you want. For these instructions, we are using HOME and OFFICE directories.

  3. Log on to your host model, select the license group model and select About Group Model from the Help menu.
  4. Click License, and click Transfer in the Group Model Licensing dialog.
  5. In the CA Plex License Transfer dialog, click Register Target PC.
  6. In the Register License Transfer dialog, enter A:\HOME, and click OK.

Your home PC is now registered. A registration file is placed in the HOME directory. The Office directory is still empty.

On your office PC:

  1. Insert the disk into your office PC. Start CA Plex and access the CA Plex License Transfer dialog.
  2. In the CA Plex License Transfer dialog, click Transfer License to Floppy.
  3. In the Transfer License to Floppy dialog, enter A:\HOME, and click OK.

    A message box displays the status of the transfer.

  4. Click OK.

    The group model on your office PC is now unlicensed—the license is on the disk. To return the license to this machine the next day, you must register the office PC now.

  5. While still in the CA Plex License Transfer dialog, perform the registration procedure to register your office PC.
  6. In the Register License Transfer dialog, enter A:\OFFICE, and click OK.

Both directories on the disk now contain data. The HOME directory contains the license. The OFFICE directory contains the office PC’s registration information. The registration information is required for returning the license to your office PC.

Note: At this point, you cannot register the office PC again. If you try to register it again the following message appears:

Source directory already contains registration file.

You cannot transfer a different license to the office PC at this time. If you do, you will be unable to transfer the original license back to the office PC. This is because the site code on the office PC changes when you transfer a different license to the PC. If you attempt to transfer the original license back to the office PC, it will not work with the new site code.

On your home PC:

  1. Insert the disk in your home PC and access the Group Model Licensing dialog.
  2. Click Transfer.
  3. In the CA Plex License Transfer dialog, click Transfer License to PC.
  4. In the Transfer License to PC dialog, enter A:\HOME, and click OK.

    The license on the disk is transferred to your home PC. The HOME directory is now empty and your office PC is not licensed.

    To return the license to your office PC, transfer the license to the OFFICE directory.