Overview
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The information on this page refers to License Statistics |
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v7.0 |
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and newer, which introduced Licensing Model 2025. If you are using a version previous to v7.0, see documentation for previous versions. |
Trial licenses
- Licensing Model 2019 is not supported for License Statistics versions older than v6.0.
- Licensing Model 2013 will continue to work with all License Statistics versions, including v5.x and v6.x, according to the rules described in this section.
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As of License Statistics v6v7.0, the application License Statistics will start as a Trial license type with Licensing Model 2019 2025 rules. All the values displayed on the Licensing page in Administration will be calculated according to Licensing Model 2019 rules2025 rules.
Licensing Model 2013 and 2019 termination
We are not planning to terminate support for licensing models older than Licensing Model 2013 2025 for existing customers, with the exception of Licensing Model 2010 customers as noted below. All licenses will continue to work, and it will be possible to extend the maintenance on the original licensing rules.
However, note that:
- New customers cannot must use Licensing Model 2013 2025 with a new purchase of License Statistics v6v7.0 or newer.
- Licensing Models 2013 and 2019 are deprecated as of v7.0.
- After March 15September 2, 20202025, existing customers can no longer change existing license terms (for example, purchasing an add-on, increasing the number of users/license servers, or changing license type) using Licensing Model 2013 or 2019. Transition to Licensing Model 2019 will 2025 will be required when making any changes to existing license terms.
- Due to technical limitations, License Statistics v5.x does versions prior to v7.0 do not support Licensing Model 20192025. Therefore, so in order to make changes to existing license terms after March 15September 2, 20202025, customers will be required to upgrade to License Statistics v6v7.x.
- Upon initially upgrading to Licensing Model 20192025, existing customers can maintain their current level of monitoring by increasing their number of monitored users up to the number required by Licensing Model 2019 get a special offer from X-Formation based on their current usage and needs (according to the limits specified in the Licensing page), at no additional cost. This is a one-time free upgrade when moving from Licensing Model 2013 to Licensing Model 2019. Thereafter, annual maintenance fees will account for any additional users at the applicable rate under the terms of Licensing Model 2019.
- Licensing Model 2010 customers should note that we will begin eliminating Licensing Model 2010 on May 15, 2020. Please contact us for details on your specific transition process.
Comparison of Licensing Model 2013 and Licensing Model 2019
- . Contact X-Formation Sales for more information.
Comparison of licensing models
The following table describes the differences between each licensing model.
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| Licensing Model 2013 | Licensing Model 2019 | Licensing Model 2025 |
Changing existing license terms after September 2, 2025 requires an upgrade to Licensing Model 2025. | Changing existing license terms after September 2, 2025 requires an upgrade to Licensing Model 2025 | |
Changing existing license terms after March 15, 2020 requires upgrade to Licensing Model 2019.
Note that existing customers, during transition to Licensing Model 2019, may increase their number of users (up to the limit specified in the Licensing page) at no additional cost. | Changing existing license terms is possible without limitations.
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| Beginning with License Statistics v6.2, some new features will not be available for use with Licensing Model 2013. Existing functionality (implemented prior to v6.2) will continue to work with Licensing Model 2013. | No limitations on access to features introduced after v6.1.x. | Features are limited based on purchasing Standard or Pro Plan. | |
| Removing the imported license |
| server does not |
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| server's license |
| usage. | Removing data (license servers or features) |
| does reduce user and license server license usage. | Removing data does not reduce license usage. Disabling/removing license servers may reduce usage; however, you must wait for the user count to drop with time.
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| Not available to new customers. | Not available to new customers. | Available to all customers. | |
| Number of actively monitored Realtime License Servers is limited by Realtime License Server license count. | One counter for all |
| license servers. | Number of license servers and hosts are unlimited. |
| Number of Imported License Servers is limited by Imported License Server license count. | One counter for all |
| license servers. | Number of license servers and hosts are unlimited. |
| Imported License Servers are calculated using data from the last 3 months. | All |
| license servers are calculated. | Number of license servers and hosts are unlimited. | |
| Separate Realtime and Imported Users usage counting. | One counter for all Users in entire history available for reporting. | Counts only usernames from last 30 days (including Imported Users, Realtime Users, and Denials). Historical users are not counted towards the license limit. |
| Denials are not counted towards licensing. | One counter for all Users in entire history available for reporting (including Denials). | Counts only usernames from last 30 days (including Imported Users, Realtime Users, and Denials). Historical users are not counted towards the license limit. |
| Realtime Users are calculated from last 14 days. | One counter for all Users in entire history available for reporting (including Realtime Users). | Counts only usernames from last 30 days (including Imported Users, Realtime Users, and Denials). Historical users are not counted towards the license limit. |
| Imported Users are calculated in entire history. | One counter for all Users in entire history available for reporting (including Imported Users). | Counts only usernames from last 30 days (including Imported Users, Realtime Users, and Denials). Historical users are not counted towards the license limit. |
| Username and User-Host licenses are supported. | Username license is supported, and monitored hosts are limited to 125% of the total users allowed for monitoring. The host limit can be lifted by purchasing a High Performance Computing (HPC) add-on, which allows unlimited hosts to be monitored. | Grace Period and Light Restricted Access Mode allow for up to 125% of overuse. |
| Perpetual license, subscription in special circumstances. | Perpetual license, subscription in special circumstances. | Subscription license, perpetual in special circumstances. |
| Available for License Statistics v5.x, v6.x and v7.x. | Available for License Statistics v6.x and v7.x. | Available for License Statistics |
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Moving to Licensing Model
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2025
All customers have the ability to move to Licensing Model 20192025. To do this, please contact X-Formation Sales to get a special offer, modify your license configuration, and deliver a new license to you.
Due to Licensing Model 2019's simplified way of calculating license servers and userschanges in the way that Licensing Model 2025 counts licenses, new values for these usage calculations will need to be set in the new license. Please be prepared to provide our sales representative with the new values, as described below in "Determining new license usage." below.
The Activation Key for the license will remain the same. Simple license reactivation will be required in order to use License Statistics v6v7.x with Licensing Model 20192025.
Determining new license usage
If you are using License Statistics v5.x or v6.x, upgrading to v6v7.x or newer is required in order to determine new licensing requirements.License Statistics v6.x includes a Licensing tab in the Administration page to help you determine your license usage.
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| If Licensing Model 2013 or 2019 is used, the Licensing tab |
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| contains a panel that shows the usage values that would be in effect under Licensing Model |
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| 2025. Provide these numbers to our sales department in order to receive your new license. |
More details about determining license usage are available on dedicated pages:
- Determining license usage for Licensing Model 2025
- Determining license usage for Licensing Model 2019
- Determining license usage for Licensing Model 2013If Licensing Model 2019 is used, you will see only a single section showing usage.