{"id":41179,"date":"2019-06-01T12:23:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T08:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=41179"},"modified":"2024-09-20T11:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T07:06:24","slug":"how-to-activate-msp360-products-offline-via-a-command-line-interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/how-to-activate-msp360-products-offline-via-a-command-line-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Activate MSP360 Products Offline via a Command Line Interface"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case that you don\u2019t have the opportunity to activate your copy of MSP360 Explorer<\/a>,\u00a0MSP360 Backup<\/a>,\u00a0or\u00a0MSP360 Drive<\/a>\u00a0online, you can use the offline activation.
\nOffline activation can be done via the command-line interface of the product, as well as via a graphical interface (check out this article for instructions<\/a>).<\/p>\n

How to Activate MSP360 Explorer via CMD<\/h2>\n

1. Click on the Windows \"Start\" button.<\/p>\n

2. Type cmd.exe<\/em> in the search line to run the Windows console, press \"Enter\".<\/p>\n

3. Type: cd \"C:\\Program Files\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry S3 Explorer PRO\" to change your current folder to MSP360 Explorer PRO product installation folder.<\/p>\n

4. Type \"CloudBerry Explorer.exe\" \/activatelicense -k \"your_license_key\" -e \"email\" \u2013or
\nto generate offline license request. Replace \"your_license_key\" and \"email\" with your actual email and license key you received when buying the product. Press \"Enter\" and don\u2019t close the console.\"Activate<\/p>\n

5. Now you shall see a service key as an output.<\/p>\n

6. Send the service key to support@msp360.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7. Wait for the reply. You shall receive the product activation key in the message. Copy this key and get back to the Windows console.<\/p>\n

8. Type \"CloudBerry Explorer.exe\" \/activatelicense -k \"your_license_key\" -e \"email\" -oa \"activationkey_received\" to finish the activation. Replace \"your_license_key\", \"email\" and \"activationkey_received\" with your actual email, license key and product activation key from the email message. Press \"Enter\" and close the console.\"Activate<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve done everything correctly your MSP360 Explorer PRO shall be active now. You can start using all of its functions and features.<\/p>\n

How to Activate MSP360 Backup Offline via CMD<\/h2>\n

1. Click on the Windows \"Start\" button.<\/p>\n

2. Type cmd.exe<\/em> in the search line to run the Windows console, press \"Enter\".<\/p>\n

3. Type one of the following commands to change your current folder to the product installation folder for your version of MSP360 Backup.
\nFor Desktop Edition: cd \"C:\\Program Files\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Online Backup\\\"<\/strong>
\nor
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Online Backup\\\"<\/strong>\"HowFor Server Edition:
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Backup Server Edition\\\"
\nor
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Backup Server Edition\\\"
\n
\nFor Enterprise Edition:
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Backup Enterprise Edition\\\"
\nor
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Backup Enterprise Edition\\\"
\n
\nFor SQL Edition:
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files\\CloudBerryLab\\ CloudBerry Backup for MS SQL Server\\\"
\nor
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Backup for MS SQL Server\\\"
\n
\nFor Exchange Edition:
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Backup for MS Exchange Server\\\"
\nor
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Backup for MS Exchange Server\\\"
\n
\nFor Bare Metal Edition:
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Backup Bare Metal Edition\"
\nor
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Backup Bare Metal Edition\"<\/p>\n

4. Type cbb.exe and press \"Enter\".\"How
\nNote<\/strong>: you can run cbb ? to get some basic help for MSP360 Backup Command Line interface<\/p>\n

5. Type cbb activatelicense \u2013e \"email\" \u2013k \"your_license_key\" -or to generate offline request. Replace \"your_license_key\" and \"email\" with your actual email and license key you received when buying the product. Press \"Enter\" and don\u2019t close the console.<\/p>\n

6. Now you shall see a service key as an output.<\/p>\n

7. Send the service key to support@msp360.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

8. Wait for the reply. You shall receive the product activation key in the message. Copy this key and get back to the Windows console.<\/p>\n

9. Type cbb activatelicense -e \"email\" -k \"your_license_key \" -oa \"activationkey_received\" to finish the activation. Replace \"your_license_key\", \"email\" and \"activationkey_received\" with your actual email, license key and product activation key from the email message. Press \"Enter\" and close the console.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve done everything correctly your MSP360 Backup shall be active now.<\/p>\n

How to Activate MSP360 Drive Offline<\/h2>\n

1. Click on the Windows \"Start\" button.<\/p>\n

2. Type cmd.exe in the search line to run the Windows console, press \"Enter\".<\/p>\n

3. Type the following command to change your current folder to product installation folder for MSP360 Drive:
\ncd \"C:\\Program Files\\CloudBerryLab\\CloudBerry Drive\"<\/p>\n

4. Type cbd.exe \/activatelicense\u00a0-e\u00a0\"email\" -k\u00a0\"your_license_key\" \u2013or to generate offline request. Replace \"your_license_key\" and \"email\" with your actual email and license key you received when buying the product. Press \"Enter\" and don\u2019t close the console.\"How<\/p>\n

5. Now you shall see a service key as an output.<\/p>\n

6. Send the service key to support@msp360.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7. Wait for the reply. You shall receive the product activation key in the message. Copy this key and get back to the Windows console.<\/p>\n

8. Type cbd.exe \/activatelicense -e \"email\" -k \"your_license_key\" -oa \"activationkey_received\" to finish the activation. Replace \"your_license_key\", \"email\" and \"activationkey_received\" with your actual email, license key and product activation key from the email message. Press \"Enter\" and close the console.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve done everything correctly your MSP360 Drive shall be active now.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

If you still have any activation issues, please visit our official Help Center.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In case that you don\u2019t have the opportunity to activate your copy of MSP360 Explorer,\u00a0MSP360 Backup,\u00a0or\u00a0MSP360 Drive\u00a0online, you can use the offline activation. Offline activation can be done via the command-line interface of the product, as well as via a graphical interface (check out this article for instructions).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,894,897,898,882],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-articles","category-msp360-backup","category-msp360-drive","category-msp360-explorer","category-msp360-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58580,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41179\/revisions\/58580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}