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Licensing Information

If your licensing information is in the form of a 25-character key on the back of the product CD or on a certificate from the CA License Program, simply input the key when prompted during installation. Each component you are installing (the base product, option, or agent) requires a license key. Also, license keys must be installed on the same machine on which you install the components because licenses are checked on the machine where the components are running. The only exception to this is the CA ARCServe Backup client agent license.

The CA ARCServe Backup Server component checks the CA ARCServe Backup client agent licenses by matching the number of systems being backed up with the number of client agent licenses it has installed. Therefore, when you install the CA ARCServe Backup Server component, you are prompted to enter a license for the following components:

• CA ARCServe Backup Client Agent for Windows
• CA ARCServe Backup Client Agent for Linux
• CA ARCServe Backup Client Agent for NetWare
• CA ARCServe Backup Client Agent for UNIX
• CA ARCServe Backup Client Agent for Mac OS X
• CA ARCServe Backup Enterprise Option for VSS Hardware Snap-Shot

If you have installed the CA ARCServe Backup as a trial and if you have not purchased a license for any of these client agents, you need not enter a license for them. If you do have a license, it includes a count of the maximum number of agents per platform type.

The license dialogs lets you add more licenses as your needs expand. Simply purchase the additional needed licenses and add them using one of the following methods:

• Access the License Verification Dialog by clicking the License button in the Manager Help/About dialog.
• Run calicnse.exe, which can be found in the following directory:

  %CA_LIC

Note: You can also use calicnse.exe to view the number of client agents that you are entitled to use.

If you have not installed the base product, you can run the bablicnse.exe program to enter licenses for database and application agents. The bablicnse.exe program displays the CA ARCServe Backup components and lets you enter the necessary license keys to license any components that you want to install. You can locate this program in the individual installation directories for each database agent.

Note: To add database and application agent licenses, you can also use calicnse.exe.

After you license your product, we recommend that you register it. You can register at the end of the installation process or after the product has been installed. If you choose to register after the product has been installed, use the Manager Help/About dialog to access the registration dialogs or run CARegIT.exe located in your ca_lic directory.