RE: [fme] FME Floating License

[Jason Birch]

Yes :)   Floating license management is fairly flexible.  Have a look at the Macrovision guide: http://www.macrovision.com/services/support/flexlm/enduser.pdf (the version that Safe distributes is older than this guide, not all features may be supported)   Basically, you just have to set up a safe.opt file in the same directory as your license file and then add directives like the following.  IP addresses can be used anywhere a host name can be used.  I use this to ensure that my production server always has a license for its critical nightly batch jobs.   # General Settings   # Time out idle licenses after 12 hours TIMEOUTALL 43200   # Set up Licence Allocations   # Set Dedicated Network Licences groups GROUP IT_USERS JBirch jbirch KKennedy kkennedy JBirch jbirch BCrockett bcrockett Casper casper Administrator administrator GROUP ENG_USERS TTaylor ttaylor JRogers jrogers KBarg kbarg CBlouin cblouin HOST_GROUP IT_SERVERS king   # Reserve the dedicated licences RESERVE 1 FME GROUP IT_USERS RESERVE 1 FME GROUP ENG_USERS RESERVE 1 FME HOST_GROUP IT_SERVERS   Jason   From: fme@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Waller Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:27 PM To: fme@yahoogroups.com Subject: [fme] FME Floating License Hello Group,   Here is a question that seems kind of silly at first.   Is it possible to assign floating licenses to certain users within a network? (I know, it sounds like a static license, doesn’t it?)   We have a small group of GIS people who use FME for large parts of the day and a large group of non-GIS people using a small application with FME integrated into it.  I need to ensure that the GIS professionals always have access to an FME license or two and everyone else only has access to 1 license at any one time.  Can the licenses be assigned to banks of IP addresses or will I have to build something into the non-GIS professional application that checks to see if anyone else is using a license.   Kind of confusing, but does anyone have any suggestions.   Thanks in advance.   Bryan        Bryan Waller, GIS Data Coordinator Midwest Survey Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph.403.735.9344 (direct) ph.403.244.7471 (main) ph.403.830.6517 (cellular) fax.403.244.2466 www.midwestsurveys.com/     Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team.  Visit www.safe.com/services for details. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "fme" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.