Bentley So ware Installa on Guide (Perpetual without

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➢ Customer Receives a Ful lment Document from Bentley Systems

On Register Email ID.

➢ So ware download & User/License Management:

Login with registered Email ID (Admin),

Site: - h ps://connect.benley.com

Customer can reset password by clicking on Forgot op on.

➢ So ware Installa on: -

Double Click on So ware (setup.exe) - Accept the End User License Agreement -
Click on Next - Click on Install Op on then Finish

➢ Generate License File (Ac va on/License check-out):

To create a checkout, the rst step is for an Administrator or Co-Administrator to generate a

license le.

1. Navigate to license checkout. This is the new License Checkout page.

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 2. From the top right corner choose the “En tlement Country.” This corresponds to the Usage
Country on the IMS user’s pro le.

3. Click on the "New" bu on.

The sec on will expand from the right panel.

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 NOTE:

Expired checkouts will not be listed under the 'Expired' sec on a er 3 months

4. Select the License Service that the product version uses

• SES is the service used by most CONNECT Edi on product versions and requires the
user to have a registered ID in Bentley's Iden ty Management System (IMS) (user
needs to be registered and associated with the Bentley account). Checkouts for SES
licensing model will generate a licensing le with a .BELIC le extension, which needs
to be imported in Bentley Licensing Tool on the end user machine.
• SELECTserver uses Ac va on Keys to license the product version. Checkouts for
SELECTserver licensing model will generate a licensing le with an .XML le
extension, which needs to be selected in License Management Tools during the
Product Ac va on Wizard process on the end user machine.

For more informa on about what ac va on method (license service) is used by what
product versions, see: Products Using Subscrip on En tlement Service

The required informa on is:

• User informa on
• Machine Name
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 • Applica on(s)
• Expira on Date

5. Select the User or Email the checkout is for. A checkout is valid for only one user.

• For SES, you may search either with their Name (default) or Email.
• For SELECTserver, you must enter an email address

NOTE:

The user speci ed need not be the recipient of the license le. We recommend specifying the
recipient if he or she has a Bentley login since the name will appear on the Ac ve Checkouts
list. Otherwise, specify the administrator genera ng the license le.

6. Enter the name of the machine that the license will be used on

7. For SELECTserver only, enter that Ac va on Key that the checkout will be associated to.

The list of keys available will be those associated to the country chosen earlier.

8. Select the expira on date for the checkout. If your contract end date is less than a year,
the checkout will automa cally be set for your contract end date. If it is greater than a year,
the checkout will automa cally be set for one year.
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 9. Begin typing the Applica on name and select it from the drop-down. A checkout may have
one or more applica ons.

A er selec ng the applica ons, click the “Add” bu on

10. Type in the applica on version to be checked out. Choose the version from the presented
list or type in the full version number.

To remove an applica on, click on the “trash can icon” to the far right.
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 11. Once all of the required informa on is entered, the “License Checkout” bu on will
become ac ve.

12. Click on the License Checkout bu on. This will begin a download of the license le to your
machine. At this me, Bentley has begun recording 24/7 usage of the applica on un l the
license has been checked in.

The browser will prompt you to download a license le with either a .BELIC or .XML extension
(for SES or SELECTserver License Service respec vely) . Save it and transfer it to the user's
machine.
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 For veri ca on purposes, the checked out license will now appear in the Checkouts list with
both a user name and computer name. Expand the lis ng by clicking the carat to see the
product, version number, and expira on date for the license.

Import License File - Client

1. Transfer the generated license le (.belic for SES-based versions, or .xml for SELECTserver-
based versions) to the recipient's computer.

2. For SES-based products, import the license le via the Bentley Licensing Tool. For
SELECTserver-based products, import the license le via the License Management Tool.

NOTE:

CONNECTION Client will s ll prompt for sign-in but can be safely dismissed. The product will
func on if a checked out license is present.

In case a single physical machine is shared by mul ple users with di erent Windows pro le
login then we recommend checking out the license via the EM portal and impor ng the
resul ng BELIC le on every Windows pro le that will need it.

Check In a License - Admin and Client

NOTE:

Accounts without a maintenance agreement (Non-SELECT accounts) cannot check-in licenses

from the En tlement/License Management portal - Non-SELECT licenses are to be managed
locally via the License tool on each worksta on. For more details see:

• For legacy versions: Client Check In and Out Instruc ons for XM and Higher [TN]
• For SES-based versions (CONNECT): How to check out licenses via the Bentley License
Tool

The license will automa cally check in once the expira on date has been reached. But the
license can be checked in early.
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 Both the client (disconnected) and Admin should check in the license. When checking in a
license from a standalone machine, the Bentley Licensing Tool should o er to clear the
license. If it does not, upgrade CONNECTION Client since older versions do not have this
feature. Please see the Downloads op ons.

Current checkouts have two icons. The green bu on is to check-in license. The arrow
down is to download the license le.

Use the toggle switch “expired” to iden fy the expired checkouts.

The expired checkouts are highlighted red, and the ac ve checkouts remain white.

You may select mul ple ac ve checkouts and download all of them at once in a zip le. You
may also select mul ple checkouts to check-in at once. When one or more checkouts are
selected, op ons for check-in and download license will be ac vated.
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 Checkout History

At the bo om of the License Checkout page is a table with your organiza on’s ac ve and
expired checkouts.

From here you can manage your current checkouts. Drag and drop the column header to the
row directly above the column headers to sort the table. You may add mul ple columns for a
custom sort. Click on the label to toggle between ascending and descending.

You may also lter each column by clicking on the lter icon
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Or sort by each column by just clicking on it. This sort op on is overridden by the custom sort
above the column headers.

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