To avoid problems, we recommend that the production server and the test server don't use the same server name.

Sage 300 CRE versions 17.1.5 and later use a License Manager to maintain your license allocation. See more information about how we manage software uses/licenses.

Follow these steps if you need to use a license to set up a test server in your environment.

Allocate licenses to your test server:

1. On the production server:
   1. Go to Start, Sage Administration, License Administration.
   2. In the table showing modules and allocated uses, change the numbers in the Allocated Uses (blue) column to the number you want to retain for the production server. For example, if you have 10 uses for Accounts Payable and you want to retain 2 for the production server, change the number in the blue column to 2.
   3. If for some modules you don’t need to retain any uses, change the Allocated Uses to 0 for those modules.
   4. Click Update. The Unallocated Uses column shows the number of uses available for your production server.
2. On the test server:
   1. Go to Start, Sage Administration, License Administration.
   2. Enter your Sage Client ID and Registration Name to activate the license on the test server in addition to the productuion server. (This is known as multi-server licensing.)
   3. Verify that the Allocated Uses (blue) column reflects the expected number of uses for the test server.

Relinquish uses from the test server:

1. On the test server, go to Start, Sage Administration, License Administration and click Deauthorize Server. Your license will be de-activated, and users will no longer be able to access Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate on the test server.
2. On the production server, go to Start, Sage Administration, License Administration and enter your Sage Client ID and Registration Name to activate your license on the new server. Your licenses will be locked to the hardware-specific ID for the new server.