Description
This article is about to explain you the license file itself.
Here you will see an example of a typical license file:
SERVER Testserver 005056A42159
VENDOR RTTLMD
USE_SERVER
FEATURE DeltaGen RTTLMD 15.5 31-jan-2018 4 BORROW=744 \
ISSUED=4-NOV-2015 START=4-NOV-2015 SIGN=”15D9 5C5C FA82 83EE \
3A6B EBD9 7732 0B27 68B4 8963 805B 9EDA 7B03 F920 006C 0317 \
0DDE 6F69 4460 3199 66F9 962D BFDB FD93 A32C BEFF 8C10 D775 \
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Solution
Here is the same license, but with red markers. Please find the explanation for these markers down below.
SERVER 1)Testserver 2)005056A42159
VENDOR RTTLMD
USE_SERVER
3)FEATURE 4)DeltaGen RTTLMD 5)15.5 6)31-jan-2018 7)4 8)BORROW=9)744 \
10)ISSUED=4-NOV-2015 11)START=4-NOV-2015 12)SIGN=”15D9 5C5C FA82 83EE \
3A6B EBD9 7732 0B27 68B4 8963 805B 9EDA 7B03 F920 006C 0317 \
0DDE 6F69 4460 3199 66F9 962D BFDB FD93 A32C BEFF 8C10 D775 \
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1) Name of the computer
2) Physical mac adress of the computer
3) Either here stands FEATURE or INCREMENT. In a FlexLM license there always can be for the same FEATURE name one FEATURE block. All following license blocks with the same FEATURE name must be marked as INCREMENTS. Otherwise the license system doesn’t recognize the other licenses.
4) Name of the license
5) License version number
6) Expiration date of the license file
7) Total quantity of the license available
8) License type. BORROW = floating ; HOSTID = nodelocked. A floating license can be sent from a license server to any machine in the same network. A nodelocked license can be used only for the system with the matching machine data infos. ( Hostname & MAC )
9) 744 stands for hours. This means, that the floating license can be given to a machine of a maximum of 744 Hours ( 1 month ) before it will return to the license server.
10) The date the license was created/shipped
11) The date the license will become active
12) Encryption block
Article information
KB Article ID:
#6059