Specifications

8. Copy the Activation Key from the Customer Portal, and then paste it into the
Activation Key field of the SolarWinds Virtualization Manager License
Information page.
9. In the Computer Name field, type localhost.
10. Provide your name, company name, email address and phone number.
11. Click Send Activation Request.
Activating a license key offline
If proxy or firewall restrictions prevent the same computer from accessing both the
SolarWinds website and SolarWinds Virtualization Manager, you can request a
license file that you can then manually upload to the server.
To activate a license key offline:
1. Log on to SolarWinds Virtualization Manager.
2. Click Setup in the top menu.
3. Click License Information in the left menu.
4. Click Unique Machine ID, copy the machine ID, and save it on a flash
device.
5. Go to a computer with internet access, and then log on to the SolarWinds
Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solarwinds.com.
6. Click License Management under Licensing & Maintenance.
7. Locate an unregistered Virtualization Manager activation key in your license
list.
8. Click Manually Register License to the right of the activation key.
9. Enter your name, email address and phone number in the associated fields.
10. In the Computer Name field, enter localhost.
11. In the Unique Machine ID field, paste the machine ID you copied from
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager.
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Activating a license key offline