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XMS Configuration Guide
License Management
Types of Vertigo Suite licenses
A license’s transference and lifespan are determined by its license type. The Xmedia Server
supports four (4) different license types, which are reported in the
Type
column of the
License Summary
table on the Licensing page:
•
F
IXED
/P
ERM
•
F
IXED
/T
EMP
•
F
LOAT
/P
ERM
•
F
LOAT
/T
EMP
The following sections describe the difference between the license types and under which
circumstances it would be more appropriate to choose one type rather than the other.
•
Fixed versus Floating license types
•
Permanent versus Temporary license types
Fixed versus Floating license types
Fixed licenses restrict the use of an application to one specific computer or device. Fixed
licenses are recommended for a single-user or a devoted machine environment. The
Xmedia Server allows you to deallocate (free up the license so that it can be used by
another machine) up to four (4) times. The
D
EALLOC
C
OUNT
column on the
L
ICENSE
D
ETAIL
tab keeps track of the amount of times the license has been deallocated. Deallocation of a
fixed licenses is performed manually as described on
page 8-22
. If you need to deallocate
a fixed license more than four times, you must contact Miranda’s Technical Support
department to renew the license.
Floating licenses allow an application to be run on any computer/device that is connected
to the Xmedia Server and which has the application’s software installed on it. Therefore,
floating licenses are recommended for sites that have multiple users, but do not need or
want to purchase a license for each user. Floating license imply that multiple users share a
fixed number of licenses since the number of computers permitted to run the application at
the same time is limited to the number of floating licenses granted for the application. When
a computer needs an application program, it sends to a request to the Xmedia Server for a
floating license. If a license is available, the Xmedia Server assigns the license to that
computer. If no floating license is available, the request is rejected. Once the application is
closed on a computer, the license is automatically deallocated back to the Xmedia Server,
which is ready to reassign it to the next client.
Permanent versus Temporary license types
A permanent license type has no expiry date and it is valid for the lifetime of the software
version indicated in the license’s name. Temporary license types however, are associated
with an expiry date upon which the validity of the license terminates and the application is
no longer operational. A temporary license’s expiry date is indicated in the
E
XPIRATION
column on the
L
ICENSE
D
ETAIL
tab. Contact Miranda’s Technical Support department to
extend or renew a temporary license.