Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide - Manual (Page 71)

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To ensure that critical software components (redundant HMI servers, for example) can
always obtain the necessary activations, set up an activation server on the computer where
the software is running.
Ensuring that network application components stay activated
To ensure that critical software components in a network application using floating
activations can always obtain the necessary activations, even if the network is disrupted,
set up a FactoryTalk Activation server on every computer where the FactoryTalk View SE
software is running. This includes all clients and all servers, whether redundant or not.
For example, to ensure that a redundant FactoryTalk View SE Server remains activated,
install the activation server on both computers hosting the redundant server pair, and then
add the necessary activations to those computers.
Borrow activations for development computers
If it is not convenient for a development computer to remain connected to the network
where the activation server resides, you can connect to the activation server temporarily,
borrow a concurrent activation for a limited amount of time, and then disconnect. When
the time-limited activation expires, its associated software is no longer activated, and the
activation automatically becomes available again from the server's activation pool.
Only the FactoryTalk View Studio activation keys can be borrowed. While developing
Network applications disconnected from the network, the FactoryTalk View Studio
activation key is shared by any test clients and HMI servers in your application, allowing
all necessary components to run for development purposes.
Activation keys for FactoryTalk View software components
The activation files you download from the Rockwell Software Activation Website
contain the activation keys you purchased, in encrypted form. The activation key is the
software that activates FactoryTalk View SE components. Following is a list of activation
keys used by the FactoryTalk View SE and ME products.
To use borrowed activations, you must upgrade to FactoryTalk Activation Manager version 3.30
or later (included on any FactoryTalk CPR 9 SR
4 product’s DVD) on all server and client
computers where the borrowed activations will be used.
For information about the keys required to activate other Rockwell Automation products in your
application, see the product documentation.
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