Changing a license in advanced editions

Before switching from trial mode to full mode

If you are planning to change licenses on a large number of machines, you may want to add (import) the license keys to Acronis License Server.

Acronis Deduplication is always enabled in the trial mode. If you want to continue using this functionality, please do not forget to:

1. Purchase Acronis Deduplication licenses.
2. Import the Acronis Deduplication license keys to the license server (recommended).
3. Use one Acronis Deduplication license for every machine where Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 will be switched to the full mode.

You can do this later at any time; however, until that time, backups to deduplicating vaults will fail.

Accessing the Licenses window

Do any of the following:

• To change a license for a managed machine, connect the console to the machine and click Help > Change license.
• To change a license for a managed machine, connect the console to the management server, navigate to Machines with agents > All machines with agents or to another group that displays the machine whose license you want to change, right-click the machine, and then click Change license.
• To change a license for a virtualization host (except for a clustered host), connect the console to the management server, navigate to Virtual machines > Hosts and clusters, right-click the host, and then click Change license.
• To change licenses for all of the hosts of a virtualization cluster, connect the console to the management server, navigate to Virtual machines > Hosts and clusters, right-click the cluster, and then click Change license.

Changing a license

In the Licenses window, you can add license keys and select which licenses to use for the selected machine. Each license enables a certain set of features. If you choose not to use a license, you will be able to back up the machine to the online storage only.

In this window, you can also change a license server used by a machine. This operation is possible only if the machine is not registered on the management server. For registered machines, the management server determines which license server they use. See "Changing the license server used by the management server" for details.

Managing an online backup subscription

The Acronis Cloud block of the Licenses window requires that you sign in to your Acronis account. After that, it shows the online backup subscription activated on the machine. If no subscription is activated, this block allows you to request for a subscription, to enter the registration code that you received after the subscription purchase, and to activate the subscription.