[KB6814] Activate ESET business products using ESET Security Management Center (7.x)
Issue
- Activate ESET products installed on your endpoints or server using a task in ESET Security Management Center
- This task can be used to activate all common ESET Security Management Center components including ESET Shared Local Cache and ESET Mobile Device Manager
Solution
Prerequisites:
- Make sure the necessary ports are open on your network
- Deploy the ESET Management Agent
- Install ESET Endpoint products on client computers
- Add valid ESET-issued License Keys to License Management in the ESMC Web Console
Activate ESET products using the ESMC Web Console:
Endpoint users: Perform these steps on individual client workstations
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Open ESET Security Management Web Console (ESMC Web Console) in your web browser and log in.
- Click Client Tasks → All Tasks → ESET Security Product → Product Activation and click New.
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Click the image to view larger in new window - Type a task name into the Name field.
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Click the Settings section. Click on the pre-selected license under ESET license.
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Select a valid license from the repository and click OK. Click here for instructions to add licenses in ESET Security Management Center.
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Click Finish.
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Create a trigger and add target computers or groups to execute your Product Activation task.
- To check the status of the task, click the appropriate task name and select Show Details from the context menu.
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Click the image to view larger in new window - Click the Executions tab and verify the status of your task in the Status column.
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