Overview
The old licensing model for License Statistics is deprecated as of version 6.0 and has been replaced with a new licensing model that simplifies the licensing rules.
- The new licensing model won't be supported by License Statistics versions lower than 6.0.
- The old licensing model will continue to work with all License Statistics versions including 5.x and 6.x according to the rules described in this section.
Trial
As of License Statistics 6.0, the application will start as a Trial license type with new licensing rules. All the values displayed on the License Details page in Administration will be calculated according to the new licensing rules.
Old licensing termination
We are not planning to terminate support for old licensing for existing customers. All licenses will continue to work and it will be possible to extend the maintenance on the original licensing rules. However, note that:
- New customers cannot use the old licensing model with a new purchase of License Statistics 6.0 or newer
- Up to March 15, 2020, existing customers can purchase an add-on to extend maintenance for their existing license(s) using the original licensing model
- After March 15, 2020, it will no longer be possible to extend maintenance for existing license(s) using the original licensing. Transition to the new licensing model will be required when renewing maintenance for the license.
- Due to technical limitations, License Statistics 5.x does not support the new licensing model, so in order to renew maintenance for existing licenses after March 15, 2020, customers will be required to upgrade to License Statistics 6.x.
Old vs new licensing comparison
| Old licensing (2013) | New licensing (2019) |
|---|---|
| License upgrade possible only till March 15, 2020. | License upgrade possible without limitations. |
| Removing data (license servers or features) is not releasing the license limits. | Removing data (license servers or features) is releasing license limits. |
| Not available to new customers. | Available to all customers. |
| Number of actively monitored Realtime License Servers is limited by Realtime License Server license count. | One counter for all License Servers. |
| Number of Imported License Servers is limited by Imported License Server license count. | One counter for all License Servers. |
| Imported License Servers are calculated using data from the last 3 months. | All License Servers are calculated. |
| Separate Realtime and Imported Users usage counting. | One counter for all Users. |
| Denials are not counted towards licensing. | One counter for all Users (including Denials). |
| Realtime Users are calculated from last 14 days. | One counter for all Users (including Realtime Users). |
| Imported Users are calculated in entire history. | One counter for all Users (including Imported Users). |
| Username and User-Host licenses are supported. | Username license is supported. |
| Node-locked and Network licenses are supported. | Node-locked and Network licenses are supported. |
| Available for License Statistics 5.x and 6.x. | Available for License Statistics 6.x. |
Moving to new licensing
All customers have the ability to move to the new licensing model. To do this, please contact X-Formation Sales to modify your license configuration and deliver a new license to you. Due to the new licensing model's simplified way of calculating license servers and users, new values for these calculations will need to be set in the new license. Please be prepared to provide our sales representative with the new values, as described in "Determining new license usage" below.
The Activation Key for the license will remain the same. Simple license reactivation will be required in order to use License Statistics 6.0 with the new licensing model.
Determining new license usage
If you are using License Statistics 5.x, upgrading to 6.x is required in order to determine new licensing requirements.
License Statistics 6.x includes a new License Details tab in the Administration page to help you determine your license usage.
- If the old licensing model is used, the License Details tab will contain sections for Realtime and Import licenses, which show the usage details for the old licensing model. The panel above this section shows the usage values that would be in effect under the new licensing model. Provide these numbers to our sales department in order to receive your new license.
- If the new licensing model is used, you will see only a single section showing usage.