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Request for license | A request made by a user to obtain a particular software license. |
Borrow | A type of license usage that allows a user to use a network license without being connected to the license server. |
Usage | Refers to the use of a license, which means that the license is taken from a pool of available licenses. A user can use a feature on more than one host, each getting their license from the same license server two licenses of the same feature, as shown below. Users Using License |
Denial | The denial of a request for a license. |
Monitoring | Gathering realtime information from a particular license server about feature usage details. |
Importing | Gathering information from a license server log file about feature usage details. |
Entities | |
Software | An application. |
Log file | One or more ASCII text files written by a license server. |
License | License for particular software. |
Feature | The definition of a software license. The parts of a feature include:
As shown below, a feature consists of Name+Version+Type. Feature
The following diagram shows an example of a software feature and its parts. This feature has three different versions of the software (Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7), which each have one or more types of licensing (floating, node-locked, or token). example.
Feature Example
The following diagram shows features being hosted by a license server. In this example, we have two different versions of Windows, Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Note that the Windows 7 version is on two license servers, but the feature Floating under Windows 7 is on only one license server.
Feature Representation |
User | An application or person that requests a license. |
Host | The computer on which a user is accessing a license. A user can use a feature on more than one host, and a host can be used by more than one user, as shown below. User on Hosts |
License server | Software hosting licenses for a single software vendor. A license server can be one of the following:
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Vendor | The manufacturer of a software application using a particular license manager. |
Gathering Type | The license server type (Realtime or Imported). |
Query Interval | A value (number of minutes) specified for how often feature usage data is gathered for a monitored license server. |
Linux system | Refers to Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Mac OS X and FreeBSD platforms. |
Windows system | Refers to Win32 or Win64 platform. |
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