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SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 1
1Chapter 1 - Getting Started
This chapter contains basic information of interest to anyone who uses or admin-
isters software that has been protected using SentinelLM. If your vendor has
referred you to this manual, this is the chapter that you will want to read first.
Basic Concepts
This section contains information on basic concepts you will need to know about
to administer licenses on your stand-alone or network computer.
What Is SentinelLM?
SentinelLM is a software toolkit that your vendor used to create the protected
application you are using. The application uses SentinelLM to support the
license agreement you have with your vendor. SentinelLM can authorize, meter,
and report application use. Which of these capabilities is needed depends upon
the type of application and details of your license agreement. When you start a
protected application, the application first makes a check with SentinelLM to
verify use is permitted by the license agreement. If the use is authorized, then
SentinelLM gives the application permission to run. If permission is granted, this
process is invisible. If permission is denied, then the application user will be
informed and the application exits or the user is placed into a queue to wait for
authorization. Permission may be denied because someone else is already using
the application, the license has expired, or no license has been installed. If your
license has expired or hasn’t been installed, then you will want to continue read-
ing this chapter. It tells how to obtain and install a license.