Short Code Repair

Trusted storage repairs are normally done programmatically as transactions between a client or server activation utility and the FlexNet Operations server. The activation utility generates a request that is submitted programmatically and the FlexNet Operations server generates a response that is used to complete the repair.

However, some customer environments do not support communication with the FlexNet Operations server. If the publisher created a short code ASR that was packaged with the software, the customer who originally activated the license with that short code ASR can use the short code ASR file to generate a short code request to repair the license.

A FlexNet Publisher Licensing Toolkit activation utility, running on the machine on which the license is to be repaired, uses the short code ASR to generate a short request code.

The short request code is sent to the publisher, who loads it into FlexNet Operations to generate a short response code.
The response code is saved to a file and sent to the customer, who uses the FlexNet Publisher Licensing Toolkit activation utility to process the response and repair the license.

To allow a customer to repair a license with a short response code

1. The customer’s license must have been activated with a short code ASR, the short code ASR must have been packaged with the product, and the activation utility must be able to generate a short code repair request and process a short code repair response. The license to be repaired may have been originally activated online or with a short code request.
2. Instruct the customer to use the FlexNet Publisher Licensing Toolkit activation utility, which you provide, to generate a short code repair request using the short code ASR file.
3. Receive the generated short code from the customer, along with the activation ID (or Web register key) used to activate the original license.
4. Click Licenses > Short Code Repair.
5. Enter values in the following fields.

Short Code Repair Fields

Field

Description

Short Request Code

Short code repair request generated by the FlexNet Publisher Licensing Toolkit activation utility and sent by the customer.

Activation ID

Activation ID or a Web register key associated with the short code ASR’s bulk entitlement.

6. Click Generate to generate and view the short response code.