DLM Automation 2 Plugins activation

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• chris_godfree Posts: 50 Silver 1

  May 19, 2017 10:34AM edited May 23, 2017 8:17AM

  Hi Laurent, I had the same question about a month ago. If your TFS Server has an internet connection you can use the Register-DlmSerialNumber Powershell cmdlet, otherwise you can activate manually. Here are the instructions I got for that from RedGate:
  
  1) Open a command prompt or powershell window as administrator
  2) Run cd "c:\program files (x86)\red gate\DLM Automation 2\SC"
  3) Run the following (kindly make sure to run as is and *not* include your serial number) .\SQLCompare.exe /activateSerial:
  4) A dialog box will pop up and prompt you for your serial number - enter your serial number in the text box
  5) Click "Activate"
  6) This will fail and then give you an option to "Activate Manually" --please click this and follow the instructions as usual for manual activation (you'll need to copy and paste the provided request/response text to/from a machine with internet connection)
  
  Chris

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• Lauther Posts: 16 Bronze 2

  May 19, 2017 6:13PM

  Thanks for your quick answer Chris,
  
  Is that means that I have to install the DLM Automation software in the TFS box?, even if the only things I need are the plugins?
  
  Laurent
  

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• Rob C Redgate › Posts: 419 Gold 2

  May 23, 2017 8:52AM

  Hi Laurent,
  
  As far as I'm aware, the plugins contain a bundled version but it will expire at the end of the trial period. You should perform a proper install and activation of DLM Automation on your build server.

  Software Engineer
  Redgate Software

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• Lauther Posts: 16 Bronze 2

  May 24, 2017 7:02PM

  Thank you Rob,
  
  I did it and could activate the plugins.
  
  Laurent

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