Applying additional license keys

Even if we are prompted for a license key during the Siebel database installation, a typical Siebel CRM license key contains more than a single line of digits. In order to provide access to all licensed functionality, the administrator must enter the additional license keys.

This can be accomplished using the Siebel Web Client that we used to verify the successful installation and to create new administrative users. Another possibility to manage license keys exists within the Siebel Tools development environment, which we have not yet installed. So, the following section shows how to enter additional license keys using the Siebel Web Client.

Using our own administrative account, we log on to the Siebel application and navigate to the Administration - Application screen (using the Sitemap) and then to the License Keys view.

In the list, we can use the New button to create new records and copy and paste each line from our license key file into the Key Value field. This is repeated for each line in the license key file. The following screenshot shows the License Key view in the Administration - Application screen with additional license key strings entered. Note that the license key values in the following screenshot do not represent real license keys: