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Category:Licensing Legacy

Note: This article refers to older versions of SPM and the License Manger. The information below may be out of date or may not apply to the most recent version of the software.

Table of contents

1 License Manager in a nutshell

1.1 Get License

2 To check what licenses are installed

3 To generate a request code

4 To install a license key

5 To recover from 'keylevel already used up; No keys installed' errors

6 Registration code

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License Manager in a nutshell

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Get License

Get License automates the process of downloading and installing a license.

Download an existing license. The Download License button is enabled only if a license exists in the license database on softimage.com. For example, after you activate a Foundation license, you can always download it again by clicking Download License.

Activate a license using your registration code. Registration code activation is for Foundation and XSI Student/Teacher customers. Activation is a one-time thing. After you activate your license, you never have to activate it again. For example, after you activate your 6.0 license, you do not need to re-activate it for 6.01 or any other 6.x update.

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To check what licenses are installed

If the license server is running:

In the License Manager toolbar, click Server > Query License Server.
Under Query Options, click Query all licenses.
Click Run Query.

If the license server is not running:

Click Manage Key Database.
Click List Keys.

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To generate a request code

If the license server is running, click Stop Server.
Click Manage Key Database.
Click Generate Request Code.

You should see something like this:

********    Generating key request code    ********
********    Creating new KeyDataBase       ********
SPM_WARNING (C:\spm\spm_keyib.exe): No licenses from SOFTIMAGE installed yet.
        Generating non specific vendor KeyRequestCode with keylevel 0.
# SPM request code:
#  Lines starting with '#' are comment lines and may be omitted
#  All remaining lines are required and must be sent
#  Please specify in your mail/FAX how many licenses you need

* 0.9b  Anybody 0
> mtl-p1532 -12001C2F0273--ETX   (2 Intel 1586)  Windows NT 5.1 [2600]  -ESPM-0 #0
R1CJ1Z7W 8ZZH227Y HK6ED98M 0HSPXNG8 529VYREU 06AYN7U9 7GZ9KEG1 NTZAS5FF
HNEA7W7R 00DCA45G Y40S92PZ SNVSSV63 RPN8NNGG EGSGF5K0 6EC6H

If you get a "keylevel used up" or "Wrong SYSTEM ID" error, then click Rename Key Database and then try again to generate a request code.

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To install a license key

Start the License Manager (click Start > All Programs > Softimage Products > License Manager).
Click Manage Key Database.
Click Install Keys.
Click the .keys file and then click Open.
Close the Manage License Keys dialog box (click the X in the right hand corner of the window title bar).
Click Start Server.
Start XSI.