HP Remote Graphics Software - Licensing Guide

1 RGS licensing overview
This document describes licensing of HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS). RGS licensing applies to
the RGS Sender only; the RGS Receiver can be used freely.
NOTE: RGS does not require a license on HP Z series workstations, HP EliteBook mobile
workstations, or HP ZBook mobile workstations.
For detailed RGS information, see the latest version of the
HP Remote Graphics Software User
Guide
, available at http://www.hp.com/go/rgs. This website may also contain a more recent version of
this licensing guide.
RGS Sender licensing is based on a license key that is obtained from HP after your purchase of
RGS. The license key is saved in a license key file, which is checked each time an RGS connection is
established.
You can download, install, and run the RGS Sender to verify connection without a license key file. If
the license key file is missing or invalid, you will still be able to view and interact with the remote
desktop, but a dialog will be displayed in your viewing window indicating that the RGS Sender is
unlicensed.
License types
The following RGS license types are available:
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Trial license—HP offers a free, 60-day trial license for the RGS Sender; no purchase is required.
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Standard license—This license type fully activates a single instance of the RGS Sender.
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Floating license—This license type is ideal for deployments with many potential RGS users but
limited simultaneous use. Licenses are checked out on a concurrent-use basis up to the number
purchased. A more detailed explanation of floating licenses may be found in
Floating licenses
on page 1.
For information on downloading RGS and purchasing a license, go to
http://www.hp.com/go/rgs.
NOTE: Except for the 60-day trial license, RGS licenses never expire. However, a new license
purchase is required to upgrade to a newer major version of RGS. For more information, see
RGS
license policy on page 3.
Floating licenses
With floating licenses, a pool of RGS licenses is purchased. These licenses are dynamically allocated
on a first-come, first-served basis whenever an RGS Receiver attempts to connect to an RGS
Sender. A floating license is checked out when a connection is established to the RGS Sender and is
checked in when the connection terminates.
If multiple RGS Receivers are connecting to a single RGS Sender (for example, when conducting a
collaboration session), only one license is consumed by the RGS Sender—when the first RGS
connection is established.
Floating licenses allow a company to purchase, for example, 75 licenses, but support a user
community of perhaps hundreds of users, as long as no more than 75 users ever attempt to establish
connections with separate RGS Senders simultaneously.
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