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Online Deactivation

On a computer with internet connection, the deactivate command can be used to deactivate one or several licenses on a license carrier (e.g., computer, Keyman). The procedures for the deactivation and for the reactivation are the same except for the specific command.

Possible parameters: Verbose and the Parameter Groups Licenses, License Carrier.

Cross Reference

Cross Reference

To manage your proxy settings, refer to the parameter overview.

Procedure

Step by Step Procedure

  1. If necessary, connect the license carrier on which the licenses are to be deactivated.
  2. Open the command line interface.
  3. Enter the following command and set the parameters according to your use case:
VectorLicenseClient -deactivate [-licenses <License list>] [-dongle | -local | -deviceSerial <serial>] [-verbose]
  1. Press <Enter>.
    The notification Deactivation finished appears.
    The licenses have been deactivated successfully.

Example

Examples

  • Deactivate all licenses on all containers:
    VectorLicenseClient -d
  • Deactivate all TA Option Optimization and TA Option Inspection licenses with the max supported version of 18.03 on Keyman container:
    VectorLicenseClient --deactivate -dongle -licenses "TA Option Optimization,VERSION=18.03;TA Option Inspection,VERSION=18.03" -verbose