Acquiring Licenses

You should acquire your site's license file before installing the ESRI license manager or the ArcGIS software. This file contains the license keycodes you must have in order to access the software.  For Windows, you will also need a special hardware key to install with your license manager.

Acquiring your license file

In the United States, request new keycodes on the Internet at www.myesri.com.

 

Outside of the United States, contact your local ESRI Distributor.  For the number of your distributor, call ESRI at (909) 793-2853 ext 1-1235 or visit our Web site at www.esri.com/company/contact.html.  Click on "local ESRI distributor" in the "Contact Us" section.

 

For UNIX license managers, you will need to provide the unique host name for each UNIX workstation or server you intend to use as your license manager(s).

 

Verifying the hostname on UNIX

Verifying the hostID on UNIX

 

For Windows you will need the number printed on your hardware key and the name of your Windows NT\2000 workstation.

 

Checking the hostname on Windows

Verifying your hardware key number