Activate Sophos on the Arcserve Appliance using Email

Arcserve sends you a Zip file through email for activating Sophos. Unzip the file. The folder “Arcserve_Appliance_Sophos_Activation_YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS” contains the following files:

• Config.xml: The configuration file.
• Registration.txt: The registration file.
• Arcserve_Appliance_Sophos_Activation.ps1: Powershell script to run to activate Sophos.

Follow these steps to activate Sophos:

1. Log into Arcserve Appliance as a system administrator.
2. Copy the zip file to Arcserve Appliance, and unzip and extract the file a location as needed.
3. Open the command prompt, and enter the location that contains the extracted files.
4. Run Arcserve_Appliance_Sophos_Activation.ps1.
5. #powershell .\ Arcserve_Appliance_Sophos_Activation.ps1
5. To view the protected Arcserve Appliance, log into the Sophos Central page with your email address and password, then navigate to Devices > Servers.
6. Note: The email address where you received the zip file is the the same email address you must use for login.
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8. Sophos is activated on the Appliance.