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ABBYY FineReader 10 Corporate Edition
System Administrator’s Guide
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Obtaining concurrent licenses when launching ABBYY FineReader 10
A concurrent license is provided when ABBYY FineReader 10 is launched on a workstation and only if the workstation is bound
to the server (i.e. steps 2 and 3 have been successful). A workstation accessing a concurrent pool will obtain the license with the
highest priority (see Priority of licenses in a concurrent pool).
How concurrent licenses are obtained by a workstation
1. One license is provided from each concurrent pool reserved for the given workstation or containing a license reserved
for the given workstation (if any).
2. If at Step 1 no suitable concurrent pool is found, the server will provide one license from each free concurrent pool (not
reserved for any workstation) which contains only licenses not reserved for this workstation (if any).
Priority of licenses in a concurrent pool
A workstation accessing a concurrent pool will obtain the license with the highest priority.
Concurrent licenses listed in order of priority (from highest to lowest) for the given workstation:
1. The license reserved for this workstation.
2. Free license (not reserved for any workstation).
Distributing Licenses to Workstations
Distributing two different sets of per-seat licenses to two groups of users
Suppose you have two sets of per-seat licenses (a set of Type A licenses and a set of Type B licenses) and two groups of
workstations (Group 1 and Group 2) and need to install on the Group 1 workstations only the Type A licenses and on the Group 2
workstations only the Type B licenses.
1. Create an administrative installation point (see Step 1. Administrative installation for details).
2. Add the Type A and B license to ABBYY FineReader 10 License Manager (see Step 2. Managing Licenses
for details).
3. Create two per-seat pools—Pool A and Pool B. Add the Type A licenses to Pool A and add the Type B licenses to Pool
B.
4. Reserve Pool A for the Group 1 workstations and reserve the Pool B for the Group 2 workstations.
5. Install ABBYY FineReader 10 on the Group 1 and Group 2 workstations (see Step 3. Installing ABBYY FineReader 10
on Workstations
for details).
During the installation, each Group 1 workstation will get a Type A license and each Group 2 workstation will get a Type B
license (see Obtaining licenses when installing ABBYY FineReader 10 for details).
Distributing concurrent and per-seat licenses between desktop and portable (laptop) workstations
Suppose you have a set of per-seat licenses and a set of concurrent licenses and you need to distribute these licenses among
desktop and portable (laptop) workstations.
The portable workstations must not be bound to the server, because concurrent licenses require a stable connection with the
server.
We recommend installing per-seat licenses on portable workstations. To achieve this, prior to installing ABBYY FineReader 10
on the workstations, create per-seat pools and reserve them for the portable workstations.
1. Create an administrative installation point (see Step 1. Administrative installation
for details).
2. Add the concurrent and per-seat licenses to ABBYY FineReader 10 License Manager (see Adding a License to the
License Manager
for details).
3. Create two pools — a per-seat pool and a concurrent pool— and add the per-seat licenses to the per-seat pool and the
concurrent licenses to the concurrent pool.
4. Reserve the per-seat pool for the portable workstations and the concurrent pool for the desktop workstations.
5. Install ABBYY FineReader 10 on the workstations (see Step 3. Installing ABBYY FineReader 10 on Workstations for
details).
Below it is explained how the licenses will be distributed among the workstations during the installation (for details, see
Obtaining licenses when installing ABBYY FineReader 10).
Step 1. The per-seat licenses will be installed on the portable workstations for which they have been reserved. The per-seat
licenses will not be installed on the desktop workstations.
Step 2. The portable workstations will not be bound to ABBYY FineReader 10 License Server, as the concurrent pool has been
reserved for the desktop workstations. Therefore, when ABBYY FineReader 10 is launched on a portable workstation, it will not
contact the server for a concurrent license.