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The following table shows an example progression of how licenses are reserved and consumed. This example is for a single feature with a pool of 10 licenses.

In

Action

Licenses

in Pool

Reserved Licenses

Licenses Consumed by Client 1

Licenses Consumed by Client 2

Default state, before reservations/consumptions

10

0

0

0

Reserve 8 licenses of feature using token ABC

2

8 using token ABC

0

0

Reserve 2 licenses of feature using token XYZ

0

8 using token ABC; 2 using token XYZ

0

0

Any client attempts normal checkout of 1 license (returns LMX_NOT_ENOUGH_LICENSES)

0

8 using token ABC; 2 using token XYZ

0

0

Client 1 consumes 1 reservation using token ABC

0

7 using token ABC; 2 using token XYZ

1 using token ABC

0

Client 2 consumes 1 reservation using token XYZ

0

7 using token ABC; 1 using token XYZ

1 using token ABC

1 using token XYZ

Client 1 consumes 5 reservations using token ABC

0

2 using token ABC; 1 using token XYZ

6 using token ABC

1 using token XYZ

Client 2 attempts normal checkout of 1 license (returns LMX_FEATURE_ALREADY_RESERVED)

0

2 using token ABC: 1 using token XYZ

6 using token ABC

1 using token XYZ

Client 1 checks in all licenses

0

8 using token ABC: 1 using token XYZ

0

1 using token XYZ

Client 2 performs early return using token XYZ

2

8 using token ABC

0

0

Client 2 performs early return using token ABC

10

0

0

0