Migration Specialties' commercial Alpha virtualization solutions rely on a Keylok USB dongle to enforce product.  Customers may need to update their license dongle under the following circumstances:

•A service contract renewal.

•A demonstration key is about to expire.

•A demonstration key is being upgraded to a permanent license.

•A permanent key is being updated with additional license units.

A License Update Utility is provided with the Virtual Alpha software kits.  The following section describes how to update a license key.

Why Update a Permanent License Key?

A permanent license never expires, so why update the key?  The benefit to updating the key is that the support date field on the key gets updated to the new support expiration date.  If you try to apply an Avanti software update that was issued after the support date recorded on the key, the update will fail.