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The settings for configuring an application for License Harvesting include the following.
Setting | Description | ||
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Trigger (License Harvesting will be triggered when any of the enabled conditions are met. Each setting may be used alone or together.) | |||
Inactive User Duration | When toggled on, the maximum amount of time (in seconds) that the application is allowed to be idle (the user is not actively using the application), after which the License Harvesting procedure will begin for that application. You may either type the number of seconds, or use the increase/decrease arrows to adjust the number of seconds. | ||
CPU Activity Below | When toggled on, the maximum percentage that the CPU activity is allowed to drop down during the specified duration (in seconds), after which the License Harvesting procedure will begin for that application. | ||
Outside Working Hours | Days Days of the week that the application is available for use. For example, if you want to exclude weekend days from the times that the application can be used, you would toggle off Saturday and Sunday. | ||
Hours Time range (24-hour clock) that the application is available for use. For example, if you want to limit the hours of usage from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., you would enter From: 07:00 To: 19:00. You may either type the time or select it from the drop-down list. | |||
User Confirmation | |||
Confirmation Required | When toggled on, when License Harvesting detects that the application is in an idle state, a confirmation message will be sent to the end-user asking them to confirm closing the application. When this option is not toggled on, the application will be closed immediately with no alert to the end-user. | ||
Confirmation Timeout | This option may be toggled on only when Confirmation Required has been toggled on. When this option is toggled on, it sets the time (in seconds) to display the confirmation message to the user, after which License Harvesting will automatically close or suspend the application. When this option is not toggled on, the user confirmation alert will remain on the end-user's machine until the end-user dismisses the alert. | ||
Mode | |||
Release Method | Toggle to select the desired release method to use when releasing the application license due to idle state detection. Release methods include the following:
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Graceful Wait Time | Applies only when using Graceful release method. When toggled on, the time (in seconds) to wait for unsaved state questions or confirmations to be resolved, after which the application will be forced to close. When not toggled on, the application will remain open indefinitely if there are unsaved state questions or confirmations needed. | ||
Features | |||
Harvestable Features | Allows remote session closing for features of applications configured for License Harvesting. When a feature has been enabled for harvesting, after License Harvesting closes an application on the end-user host, License Statistics will automatically force the session to release on the corresponding license server and return the license to the available pool.
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Configuration scenarios
The following table illustrates combinations of configuration settings that serve end-user experiences ranging from the least to most aggressive handling of license harvesting.
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