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Licensing Model 2019 was introduced with License Statistics v6.0.

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License Statistics needs to have one a valid license loaded in order to work. Types The types of licenses are described in the tables below.

License

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type by purpose 

License TypeLimitsLicense ExpirationMaintenance ExpirationDescription
TrialUnlimited30 DaysNo Maintenance

Delivered with License Statistics installer only. Can be used for evaluation and testing purposes only.

It's

This is the default license type

which

that is loaded if no other valid license was delivered.

Perpetual
Info
Limited Users and License ServersPermanent1 yearCommercial license delivered to customers. It has no limit in terms of License Statistics expiry, but it has time-limited maintenance.Subscription

The License Harvesting add-on tool is included in the Trial version. This tool must be purchased separately for regular licenses.


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It is not possible to run a Trial license:

  • With a database that already contains data older than the trial start date
  • On a host where a commercial license was previously installed


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Trial licenses have some data collection limitations, as described in the Trial section of the FAQ.


PerpetualLimited users and license serversPermanent
Limited Users and License Servers1 year
1 yearCommercial license delivered to customers.
Both License Statistics expiry and maintenance are
This license type has no License Statistics application expiration date; however, it has time-limited maintenance.
UniversityUnlimited1 year1 yearCommercial subscription license for academic
usage
use only.
TestDepends on Sales or Support decision14 Days
No Maintenance
Depends on Sales or Support decisionTechnical license delivered by X-Formation Sales or Support team in order to solve
the Customers problem.

License Type by user counting

All purpose license types described above can can be delivered with one of user counting types variations.

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Username + Hostname

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  • username1 uses 1 license on hostname1
  • username2 uses 1 license on hostname1
  • username1 uses 1 license on hostname2

User license count: 3

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Username

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  • username1 uses 1 license on hostname1
  • username2 uses 1 license on hostname1
  • username1 uses 1 license on hostname2

User license count: 2

License Type by license delivery type

All purpose license types (except Trial) described above can can be delivered with one of the variations.

License TypeDescriptionNode-lockedDefault license type typical for single-instance installation.NetworkOptional when running multiple License Statistics instances. Requires separate LM-X License Manager instance to deliver the network license
a customer's problem.