Steps to apply maintenance or subscription key (BDL)

You apply a maintenance or subscription key when you are installing a license for a product and thereafter when you renew your maintenance contract or license.

An active maintenance contract is required to license or renew a product licensed with a perpetual license. A subscription key is required to license or renew a license for a product with a subscription license.

Use this procedure to apply the maintenance or subscription key regardless of which license type you have.

Before you begin applying a maintenance or subscription key:
  1. Decide which tool (GUI or command line) you are using to install the key:
    • Genero BDL Licenser (GUI application)
    • fglWrt (command line tool).
  2. Determine if you have internet access from the machine you are licensing the product.
  3. Use Table 1 to choose your licensing option, and select the procedure to follow.
Table 1. Options for licensing
You are using ... Procedure to follow
Genero BDL Licenser with internet See Install or update BDL maintenance key using GUI and internet.
Genero BDL Licenser without internet. See Install or update BDL maintenance key using GUI without internet.
fglWrt command line tool with internet. See Install or update BDL maintenance key from the command line (via internet).
fglWrt command line tool without internet. See Install or update BDL maintenance key from the command line (no internet).