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90 Day Trial License

A 90 day trial license allows a fully functional installation of TapeTrack to evaluate the software to ensure it is the correct tool to manage your backup volumes.

The process of upgrading to a 90 day trial license involves:

  • Altering the license values through TapeMaster
  • Exporting the updated license file to GazillaByte to have a new license key cut
  • Installing the new license config file (when received) containing your new license key.

To Upgrade your free license to a 90 day trial license:

While logged to in TapeMaster as tapemaster, or user-ID with tapemaster rights

From the menu click HelpFramework Server Licensing

If the menu option Framework Server Licensing is grayed out and inaccessible, you do not have sufficient privileges (tapemaster rights) to alter the software license

Update License Details

In the TapeTrack License window change the default values to your preferred details:

Server Details

Change Owner from ACME Corp to your company name (e.g. GazillaByte LLC)

Change description value to something more relevant (e.g. Production)

Set Expiry Date to new expiry (e.g. 90 days from today)

Set License limits if required, 0 = unlimited (e.g. Volumes limited to 10,000)

Exporting License

Once all changes have been made, click Apply license changes and Export license to a file to export updated license file with a known name (e.g. 90_day_license_export.cfg) and location.

Check the information in the config file (90_day_license_export.cfg) by opening in Notepad or similar text editor and check all information has been updated and is correct. If it is not correct, delete the file (do not edit file) and repeat the above steps with correct information.

Enable Temporary License

From the TapeTrack License window, click on Get Temporary License to temporarily extend the expiry date until you install the new license key. The License Status should now display OK.

Click OK to close the TapeTrack License window.

Forward License

Forward the exported license file to support@gazillabyte.com with a subject indicating that you require a new license key. Once a new key has been cut you will receive a new license config file with instructions for importation.

master/trial_license.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/08 00:40 by scunliffe