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Special License Circumstances

During the use of StayLinked, it is sometimes necessary to provide extra or alternative licensing for testing, migration, backup, and other circumstances.

Backup or High Availability Installations

Customers on current support are eligible to receive temporary licensing for their backup environments. Backup licensing expires with support contracts and is automatically renewed during the support renewal process. Customers looking to obtain a permanent license for a backup installation can contact their StayLinked reseller for pricing. More information on High-Availability installations can be found in our High Availability Guide on this site.

Transfer License Adjustments

Moving permanent licenses from one server to another requires a License Transfer Agreement to be completed by an authorized company representative. Temporary licensing may be issued as part of a license transfer in order to facilitate the migration while the transfer agreement is in process. Instructions on how to export your current configuration settings and import them to the new server, are available in the Server Migration Technical Reference article in this knowledge base.

Transfer of licensing from one machine to another is covered as part of the standard support agreement. Licensing not under support is subject to a transfer fee or support renewal before new licensing can be issued. Customers out of support, opting for the license transfer fee are not eligible to upgrade software versions and do not gain access to product downloads.

In order to begin a migration, contact support with your original and destination server serial numbers. Contact our sales and support teams for details on current support status and migration steps. More information on migration can be found in the Server Migration Technical Reference article in this site.

Reserve Licenses

Through downsizing, application changes, or for various other reasons, customers may find that they no longer utilize all of the StayLinked licensing that they own. StayLinked customers have the option during their support renewal to reduce their supported licensing to better match their usage requirements. This process is called ‘reserve licensing’. Unused seats are transferred to a reserve status through the process of a license transfer. For additional information regarding reserve license adjustments, please contact our sales team.

Updated on February 27, 2024

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