How do I upgrade from an evaluation to a full commercial version (single-user or floating)?

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February 9, 2010 11:00 PM PST


How do I upgrade from an evaluation to a full commercial version (single-user or floating)?

If you purchased a single-user license:
We provide two options for customer to upgrade from an evaluation a full commercial version for the products except Intel® VTuneTM Performance Analyzer.

Option 1:
This option is for those who are installing the same version as that of evaluation copy.
If you have a license file, skip to step 2 below :
1. Go to Intel® Software Development Products Registration Center and register your serial number.  
You will receive a license file as an attachment in email from Intel(R) Registration Center within 24 hours;

2. Save the attached license file into the following default folders:
For IA32 Windows System, save it into folder %CommonProgramFiles%\Intel\Licenses\
For Intel64 or IA64 Windows System, save it into folder %CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Intel\Licenses\
For Linux, save it into directory /opt/intel/licenses/
For Mac, save it into directory /Users/Shared/Library/Application Support/Intel/Licenses
3. Make sure that INTEL_LICENSE_FILE environment variable includes the folder or directory name where the license file was saved in step 2.

Option 2:
1. Uninstall the package you have installed;
2. Re-install the package. If you have a single user serial number, choose "Activate the product" option in Activation Options Window during installation. If you have a license file, choose "Choose alternative activation" option in Activation Options Window during installation (example is for Windows install) during installation.

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Note:
If you would like to install a different version as that for evaluation version, please follow the steps described in Option 1 only.



Here are also two options to upgrade from an evaluation to a full commercial version (single-user or floating) for Intel® VTuneTM Performance Analyzer.

VTune-Option 1:
Please do the steps in Option 1 if you are installing the same version as that of evaluation copy.


VTune-Option 2:
1. Uninstall the package you have installed;
2. Re-install the package. Please select Provide your serial number or Provide a license file option like below (example is for Windows install) during installation.

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If you purchased a floating license:
Please refer to the article on how to set up the server and client at http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/licensing-setting-up-the-client-floating-license/.



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