Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
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I have (I think) a quick question about network licensing. I know my VAR would probably be the official route to go, but I have very little confidence in them.
Is it possible to lock X number of licenses to float among Y number of specific PCs? I'm in a small division of a large company that is considering going to site-wide network licensing of SW. There are currently about 25 or 30 separate licenses owned by different divisions, of which my division has 6 or 7. My fear is that installs will run rampant and that people who really don't need to use SW will be tying up licenses that our division paid for and needs to use. Due to our IS situation, I'm certain that multiple license servers are not an option. I tried looking in the FlexLM user's guide, and it seems to show either floating licenses free to anyone on the network or host-specific licenses that can only be used on a specific machine. However, I'm not much of a networking guy, so this is pretty well on the edge of my comfort zone. I want to make sure I understand all the options before I put in my two cents.
Thanks!
Is it possible to lock X number of licenses to float among Y number of specific PCs? I'm in a small division of a large company that is considering going to site-wide network licensing of SW. There are currently about 25 or 30 separate licenses owned by different divisions, of which my division has 6 or 7. My fear is that installs will run rampant and that people who really don't need to use SW will be tying up licenses that our division paid for and needs to use. Due to our IS situation, I'm certain that multiple license servers are not an option. I tried looking in the FlexLM user's guide, and it seems to show either floating licenses free to anyone on the network or host-specific licenses that can only be used on a specific machine. However, I'm not much of a networking guy, so this is pretty well on the edge of my comfort zone. I want to make sure I understand all the options before I put in my two cents.
Thanks!






RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
Kevin Carpenter
CAD Systems Administrator
Invacare Corp.
RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
Kevin Carpenter
CAD Systems Administrator
Invacare Corp.
RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
You have 25-30 stand-alone licenses for the company, 6-7 in your division. It will cost you around $150/seat to convert to network licenses. Here are some options you might consider:
1. Getting separate network licenses. I am pretty sure you can setup a group of computers to access one network license and not the other network licenses (accomplishing divisional separation). You might also be able to setup these computers to access a second network license as a backup in case the workload is shifted from one group to the other.
2. Leave some seats stand-alone. That's what we did here. I have five stand-alone seats for the guys that are on SWX all the time and two that are networked. The networked can be installed on any computer on the network so I have this in the conference room computer for presentations as well as in our Marketing department for their occassional use.
If all 25-30 seats are networked and all are in use you can easily see who is logged on and negotiate for them to relinquish their seat. Perhaps they really do need to use SWX and it becomes a question of either a) priority, or b) buying more seats.
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RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
Thanks!
RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
Hell...I'll attach the document. Feel free to send it to your VAR.
Kevin Carpenter
CAD Systems Administrator
Invacare Corp.
RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
Sorry for the mix up.
Kevin Carpenter
CAD Systems Administrator
Invacare Corp.
RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
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RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?
I found this on lour website that I made years ago... it needs updated, but its has some info in there for you.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
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RE: Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?