The HAL_SERVERS (redundant servers) directive enables high availability licensing (HAL). HAL lets end users specify backup (redundant) license servers that will continue to enable license hosting in the event that the primary license server goes down.
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This directive can be used only with network licenses; accordingly, the COUNT directive must be set if HAL is set.
Usage and recommendations
High availability licensing (HAL) is an important feature for applications that require high availability. Activating HAL introduces fault tolerance, because the applications no longer depend on a single point of failure.
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