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Configure License Borrowing with the Options File
If your Autodesk product supports the license borrowing feature, you can use
the options file to configure license borrowing options. For example, define
the maximum number of licenses that can be borrowed from your network
at any one time. In addition, define which users can borrow an Autodesk
product license. Licenses are assigned to users, not computers.
For more information on license borrowing, see License Borrowing (page 106).
NOTE
If your Autodesk product licenses are borrowed from a redundant license
server pool, you must restart the license server after you stop the Network License
Manager.
At the end of a borrow period, the borrowed license is automatically disabled
on the user's computer and becomes available again on the license server.
Users can also return a license before a borrow period has ended.
To set license borrowing parameters
1 In the options file, enter the following syntax on its own line
(BORROW_LOWWATER must be uppercase):
BORROW_LOWWATER feature_code n
In the BORROW syntax, “feature_code” is the name of the product in
the license file, and “n” is the minimum number of licenses that must
remain on the server. When this number is reached, no more licenses
can be borrowed.
For example, the syntax BORROW_LOWWATER Autodesk_f1 3 means
that for the product Autodesk_f1, when only three licenses remain on
the license server, no licenses can be borrowed.
2 Enter the following syntax on the next line (MAX_BORROW_HOURS
must be uppercase):
MAX_BORROW_HOURS feature_code n
In this syntax, “n” is the number of hours that a license can be borrowed.
For example, the syntax MAX_BORROW_HOURS Autodesk_f1 360 means
that for product Autodesk_f1, licenses can be borrowed for 360 hours,
or 15 days.
NOTE Licenses are borrowed in increments of 24 hours only. Any number
that is more than a 24-hour increment is not used. For example, the number
365 would be rounded down to 360 hours, or 15 days.
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