Who is this article for?

Administrators who need to install and activate a new license file in Ideagen Quality Management.

Elevated permissions are required.

This guide will walk you through the process of installing and activating your Ideagen Quality Management license

You will receive a new licence file (QPulse.lic) if:

• You have purchased additional licences or features
• You have been issued your annual licence file

When this license file is received it needs to be installed and activated.  This article outlines the steps required to install and activate the file.

The steps to install and activate your license file will vary depending on the version of Ideagen Quality Management you are using. There are different steps to follow if you are using:

1. Ideagen Quality Management 5.70 or Higher
2. Ideagen Quality Management 5.0 to Ideagen Quality Management 5.61
3. How to allocate licenses to databases?

1. Ideagen Quality Management 5.70 or Higher

To install and activate the licence:

1. Go to the application server and browse to the application directory. By default this will be:
   • 32bit Windows: C:\Program Files\Gael Ltd\Q-Pulse 5 Server
   • 64bit Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Gael Ltd\Q-Pulse 5 Server
2. Copy the licence file into this folder.
3. Launch ServerConfigUtil.exe (located in the same folder).
4. Click Import Licence.
5. Select the licence file.
6. Confirm the information contained in the licence is correct.
7. Click OK, then Save and Close ServerConfigUtil.exe.
8. Restart the Ideagen Quality Management 5 Server service.

Note: From Ideagen Quality Management version 6, the 5 is omitted from the file path above. 

2. Ideagen Quality Management 5.0 to Ideagen Quality Management 5.61

To install and activate the licence:

1. Go to the application server and browse to the application directory. By default this will be:
   • 32bit Windows: C:\Program Files\Gael Ltd\Q-Pulse 5 Server
   • 64bit Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Gael Ltd\Q-Pulse 5 Server
2. Copy the licence file into this folder.
3. Restart the Ideagen Quality Management 5 Server service.

3. How to allocate licenses to databases?

Note: Note: Applies to Ideagen Quality Management 5.70 and higher.

License allocation be used for environments where there is more than on Ideagen Quality Management database.

This allows administrators to have a specific number of users logged into different databases at the same time, without having the users being locked out.

1. Go to the application server and browse to the application directory.
2. Launch ServerConfigUtil.exe.
3. Select Specify a licence allocation for each database.
4. Depending on how many licences you have, allocate a number of users to each of your databases.
5. Click OK then Save and exit ServerConfigUtil.exe.
6. Restart the Ideagen Quality Management Application server.