Change to search order for license keys

If you have a license for a previous release of Rational Suite, that license is valid in the current release, but the search order for the license key has changed in the Rational License Key Administrator (LKAD) application.

In earlier releases, when a product from Rational Suite was installed, the Rational License Key Administrator (LKAD) application tried to find a license key that corresponded to Rational Suite. If such a key was not available, LKAD searched for a key that corresponded to the product itself.

In version 7.1 and later, LKAD looks for the product-specific license key first. You can still use the License Usage Mapper in LKAD to change this search order or have the application not search for a Rational Suite key.

For more information about changing the search order for license keys, see Understanding license usage order in the Rational Common Licensing Information Center.