vDiff activation ticket guide

Operation and rules

• The system needs at least one activation ticket (or "ticket" in the following) to run.
• The system can have at most 30 tickets.
• Three ways to update the activation ticket: automatic, on-line and off-line.
• Every 24 hours, one ticket is removed from the system, and an automatic ticket update is carried out in the background.
• On-line or off-line update can be carried out at any time on the management interface.
• When an update is successful, the system is charged to full of 30 tickets.
• Everytime the system booted, it is charged with 10 tickets.

Show current status

• Web UI > System info > System information.
  
• It's at the end of the license line, (x/30), where x is the number of tickets. In the example above, it's 10.

Automatic update

• Every 24 hours, an automatic update is performed in the background.
• You need Internet connection and DNS service configured for this to work.

On-line update via the web interface

• Web UI > Tools > System > On-line update.
  
• Click "Run" in "Request update."
• You should see "200 OK. Please check email."
• Check your regiestered email account and find an email with subject "Respone to vDiff update request."
• Copy the code of activation ticket. It is a string of 20 hexdecimal numbers.
• Paste the code to "Update with code" text area. Click "Run."
• You should see "200 Activation tickets charged successfully."
• Internet connection is necessary for this operation to work.

Off-line update via the web interface

• Web UI > Tools > System > Off-line update.
  
• Click "Run" in "Download session file."
• Save the donwloaded file on your desktop. The file name is session.<sn>.bin, where <sn> is the serial number of your system.
• Click "Link" in "Process session file."
• You are directed to a new web page "vDiff update request."
• Browse and select the downloaded file in Step 1.
• Click "Run" in Step 2.
• You should see a message "200 OK. Please check email."
• Check your regiestered email account and find an email with subject "Respone to vDiff update request."
• Click the link to download the file for activation ticket. Save the file "update.bin" on your desktop.
• Go back to the web manangement interface, browse and select the file "update.bin" in "Upload update file." Click "Run" (and confirm).
• You should see "200 Activation tickets charged successfully."

Verification

• Web UI > System info > System information.
  
• Verify that its (30/30).