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title: "Offline EMS license activation with Blancco Management Console"
canonical: "https://support.blancco.com/space/KB/11632899/Offline%20EMS%20license%20activation%20with%20Blancco%20Management%20Console"
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| **Created date** | **Updated date** | **Affects version** | **Fix version** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2/8/2017 | 11/4/2020 | Management Console - all versions | N/A |


<span style="color: #000000">Offline activation with Blancco Management Console 3 requires version 3.6.1 or newer to work!</span>

<span style="color: #000000">To activate the licenses based on the new licensing schema, you will receive an email which contains the product key(s) for the activation. The email also includes steps for activating your product key(s). You can choose online or offline activation. Online activation requires an Internet connection and the HASP-key needs to be connected to the machine where activation will be done. Offline activation doesn't require an Internet connection, but you will need to generate a C2V-file and upload it to the Entitlement Management System. After uploading the file, you will receive a V2C-file which can be activated without internet connection.</span>

<span style="color: #000000">After logging in to the Entitlement Management System (license activation portal), choose "offline activation". Generate the C2V-file using the Management Console's user interface. After generating the V2C-file, user can upload it through the Management Console's user interface to add the licenses to the Management Console's license container.</span>

**<span style="color: #000000">Generating license activation</span>**

<span style="color: #000000">1.    Log in to Management Console as admin</span>

![image](media://ff2d1761-384b-4aeb-8ce0-6cef42673b0d)

  
<span style="color: #000000">2.    Go to "Licenses" and then to the "My Licenses"-tab</span>

  
<span style="color: #000000">3.    Click "Download license request file" and save C2V-file</span>

![image](media://2ace64be-a45d-491a-85d2-1e73f8ecdb2e)

  
<span style="color: #000000">4.    Go to license activation portal </span>[<span style="color: #000000">https://license.blancco.com/ems/customerLogin.html</span>](https://license.blancco.com/ems/customerLogin.html)

![image](media://51197e9a-2c80-4b8d-b8e0-50e4ae131bce)

  
<span style="color: #000000">5.    Log in by using your unique product key found in the delivery email</span>

  
<span style="color: #000000">6.    Choose "Offline activation”</span>

![image](media://01093ebb-8046-4527-a009-303796b27e6f)

  
<span style="color: #000000">7.    Upload C2V file and Click “Generate”</span>

![image](media://a7221f58-9285-4fbf-8e36-bb77d8c4dfa2)

  
<span style="color: #000000">8.    Save V2C-license file</span>

![image](media://bc70f2c0-b48c-4b5f-af2a-8eb22437557d)

  
<span style="color: #000000"> </span>  
**<span style="color: #000000">Activating license:</span>**

<span style="color: #000000">1.    Log in to MC as admin</span>

<span style="color: #000000">2.    Go to "Licenses" and then to the "My Licenses"-tab</span>

<span style="color: #000000">3.    Click "License activation"</span>

![image](media://3a0171fa-ac98-4a2a-b7e9-b88e79bbe328)

  
<span style="color: #000000">4.    Locate V2C-license file and Click “Upload”</span>

![image](media://e3f9905d-9e49-4f6c-80d9-b9e8402c3728)

  
<span style="color: #000000">5.    Restart Management Console service. (</span>**<span style="color: #000000">NOTE!</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> The restart is only required during first time activation)</span>