PlateSpin Transformation Manager offers full and evaluation license options.
A Full License allows you to configure and execute a workload transformation for each license instance. You purchase workload licenses in blocks from the Customer Center. Each block has a fulfillment window with an activation date that you specify.
You can install the PTM Appliance and begin setting up the projects before you need to activate workload licenses. You can configure users, projects, platforms, resources, and configuration settings without consuming a workload license. Because transformation planning for a workload consumes a license, you cannot edit imported workloads until you enter a valid license key and licenses are available in an active license block. See Section 5.2, How Workloads Consume Licenses.
An Evaluation License allows you a trial period to work with the your own data in the product. An Evaluation License for 100 workloads is added automatically when you set up the PTM Appliance if no other license exists. The evaluation period of 90 days begins when you first consume a license by editing an imported workload through the Workload dialog or Bulk Edit. You can configure users, projects, platforms, resources, and configuration settings without consuming a workload license.
After the Evaluation License expires, any unused licenses cannot be used to begin new workload transformations. You can continue to work in the product with licensed workloads through their entire workflow until the transformations are completed.
You can preserve the data you enter during the evaluation period by entering a Full license key to your evaluation installation. Your existing licensed workloads are not impacted. Consumed licenses do not expire. However, after you add the Full License key, all unused evaluation workload licenses are automatically removed.