Activating D3 manually

Use this section to manually complete the D3 activation process.

1. Enter the System ID number provided by Rocket.

   You will see the following message:

    Do one of the following:
   - To perform a manual activation, press Enter.
   - To perform an automatic activation, enter the email address registered for the
     specified system id:xxxxxxxx. Your computer must be connected to the internet
     to use this option.
   
   Email Address:

2. Press Enter to perform a manual activation.

   You will see information similar to:

   System Identification  12345678
   Hardware ID            1234-abcd-5678-efgh-9012-ijkl-3456-mnop-01
   Input activation code, or <CTRL>x to exit

   Field	Description
   System Identification	An 8-digit number, obtained from Rocket as part of purchasing our software.
   Hardware ID	A 34-character alphanumeric string. It displays on the terminal when the activation program executes.

3. Make note of the System Identification and Hardware ID numbers.
   Customer Service will ask for these numbers when you call for the activation number.

   System Identification   __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Hardware ID __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __  __ __ __ __  __ __ __ __  __ __

4. Call Rocket Customer Service to obtain the activation codes.
5. At the Input activation code prompt, enter the activation codes provided by Rocket.

   If the activation number is not accepted, you will see this message:

   Error: invalid set of numbers, please try again!

   When the activation code is accepted, you will see a screen similar to:

   Host system:    Unix
   Processor type: PowerPC
   Implementation: D3 AIX POWER/Power PC
   System ID:
   System Options:
   I/O Subsystem Support   Blocked IO         POSIX termios
   BSD sockets
   
   Features     Status      Features      Status
   -------------------------------------------------------------------
   OpenDB      Available
   
   Pool Name          Max         Used        Users      Weeks   Expiration Date
                    Licenses     Licenses    Allowed
   --------------  ----------   ---------     ---------   -----   ---------------
   User                10            2          10         26     25 May 2013
   Server              1             0          1          26     25 May 2013
   Connections/IP      3             0          3          26     25 May 2013
   Phantoms            12            1          12         26     25 May 2013

6. Verify that all appropriate features are available and that the number of licensed users agrees with the license that was purchased as follows:
   1. Enter the maxusers command.
   2. Enter the sysid command.
7. Complete one of the following steps:
   • If the information is incorrect, call Rocket Customer Service to verify the activation.
   • If the information is correct, go to Step 8.
   Note: The activation process must be completed once for each separate licensing pool you are activating. You are prompted to enter the next activation or to exit the process.
8. Complete one of the following steps:
   • If there are more server pools to be activated, press any key to continue the activation and enter the next set of numbers to activate another server pool.
   • If all server pools have been activated, press <CTRL>x to quit.