Manage
FactoryTalk® Optix™
Runtime Entitlements for High Availability on Offline Computers

To activate or upgrade an entitlement for high availability on an offline computer, use an online computer to retrieve entitlement key information and then install the entitlement on the offline computer.
Complete the following steps when using a personal computer or
ASEM™
6300 industrial computer running
Windows®
 that is not connected to the network.
Before you start:
  1. Download the
    FactoryTalk® Optix™
    High Availability Manager from https://rok.auto/pcdc.
  2. Install the
    FactoryTalk® Optix™
    High Availability Manager to the offline computer.
  3. Download the Runtime Tools from the
    FactoryTalk® Optix™
    landing page     on
    FactoryTalk® Hub™
    (sign in required).
  4. Install the Entitlement Manager on the online computer as part of the Runtime Tools installation.
  5. Use the
    FactoryTalk® Optix™
    High Availability Manager to install your high availability cluster before you activate or upgrade your entitlement.
  1. Purchase the entitlement or upgrade and allocate it to your organization as described in Allocate a FactoryTalk Optix Studio Pro entitlement to your organization.
  2. If not already done, use a USB drive to copy the High Availability Manager installation package to the offline target device and run the .exe file.
  3. Sign in to the
    FactoryTalk® Hub™
    , and select the
    FactoryTalk® Optix™
    tile.
    Select the FactoryTalk Hub to access the FactoryTalk Optix webpage.
  4. Navigate to Entitlements > Organization entitlements and confirm that the entitlement is allocated to the Organization.
    Confirm on the FactoryTalk Optix home page that an entitlement is allocated to an organization.
  5. Copy the 25-character entitlement key. The entitlement key is required to activate or upgrade the entitlement.
    Copy the Entitlement Key on the FactoryTalk Optix webpage.
  6. On the offline runtime target computer, open the High Availability Manager and select Manage Entitlements.
  7. Select Offline, then Next.
    Select Offline in the FactoryTalk Optix High Availability Manager.
  8. Select Step 1, then Next.
    Export or Install tab in the FactoryTalk Optix High Availability Manager
  9. Enter your base or extended entitlement key, and select Export.
    Enter the base or extended entitlement key and Export in FactoryTalk Optix High Availability Manager
    An Activation Request (.req) file appears in your target path location. The entitlement key is the name of the file.
  10. Copy the Activation Request file from the offline computer to the online computer.
  11. On the online computer, open the Entitlement Manager, and select Online.
    This image shows where to select Online in the FactoryTalk Optix Entitlement Manager.
  12. Select Activate using Activation Request, then Next.
    Select activate an entitlement using Activation Request, then Next
  13. Browse to the Activation Request file (.req) that you copied to the online computer. Select Open, then Activate.
    Activate an entitlement for a different device in FactoryTalk Optix Entitlement Manager.
    An Explorer window opens to save the new Activated Entitlement file (.ent).
  14. Accept the file name and select Save, then OK.
    TIP: Save the file in a location that is easy to remember, such as the Desktop.
  15. Copy the new entitlement file back to the offline computer.
  16. In the High Availability Manager on the offline computer, select Step 3, then Next.
    Export or Install tab in the FactoryTalk Optix High Availability Manager
  17. Browse to the Activated Entitlement file (.ent) file that you copied to the offline computer, select Open, then Import.
    Import an already activated entitlement file in FactoryTalk Optix High Availability Manager
The installed entitlements show the Entitlement Manager on the online computer and in Manage Entitlements on the offline computer.
TIP: To rehost an installed entitlement, select the entitlement from Manage Entitlements in the High Availability Manager, and select Rehost.
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