HP Remote Graphics Software 5.4.0 User Guide

connect to an RGS Sender. In licensing terminology, a floating license is checked-out when a
connection is established to the RGS Sender, and is checked-in when the connection terminates.
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 an RGS connection simultaneously.
Floating licenses require a license server, which can be installed on one of the computers running
the RGS Sender, or the license server can be installed on a separate computer. The RGS product
includes a setup.exe file that installs the license server—see the HP Remote Graphics Software
Licensing Guide, available at
http://www.hp.com/support/rgs_manuals.
Prior to installing the RGS Sender license, you can still establish a connection from the Local Computer
to the Remote Computer, and can interact with the Remote Computer desktop. However, in the absence
of a license, the dialog shown in
Figure 2-2 Dialog generated when the RGS Sender is unlicensed
on page 13 will be generated by the Remote Computer, and displayed in the window on the Local
Computer that is showing the Remote Computer desktop.
Figure 2-2 Dialog generated when the RGS Sender is unlicensed
Once the RGS Sender is licensed, the above dialog will no longer be displayed.
2.4 RGS products
HP offers these RGS products :
1. HP RGS Desktop Trial Edition — HP offers a free, 60-day trial version of RGS Desktop; no
license purchase is required.
2. HP RGS VDI local license — This RGS product runs on HP and non-HP VMware VDI (Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure) and HP Blade PC platforms. HP RGS VDI uses a local license file key. A
separate HP RGS VDI license is required for each virtual machine using RGS.
3. HP RGS Desktop local license — This RGS product runs on all RGS supported platforms,
including: notebooks, desktop PCs, mobile workstations, personal workstations and HP blade
workstations. In addition, this key will also run on VMware VDI and HP Blade PC platforms that
are supported by the RGS VDI license key.
4. HP RGS Desktop floating license — This RGS product runs on all RGS supported platforms,
including: notebooks, desktop PCs, mobile workstations, personal workstations and HP blade
workstations. In addition, this key will also run on VMware VDI and HP Blade PC platforms that
are supported by the RGS VDI license key.
All RGS products include the same RGS Sender and the same RGS Receiver. The RGS Receiver is
unlicensed and can be installed on any number of computers.
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RGS products
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