Specifications

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Chapter 2 - Configuring the License Server
license codes in a single license file. You generally add license codes to the
license file by using the lslic utility.
Additive and Exclusive License Codes
License codes are either additive or exclusive. There can be multiple exclusive
license codes per product in the license file. Only the last exclusive license code
added to the file is used by the license server, if exclusive licenses are used. All
other license codes, additive or exclusive, are ignored by the license server.
There can also be multiple additive license codes per product in the license file.
Unless there are exclusive license codes for the same feature/version, then each
additive license simply adds to the permitted uses defined by previous additive
license codes. For example:
Let’s say there is a product with a feature name 77 and version 5.0.
There may be two additive license codes for 77 5.0. One of these license
codes may authorize five concurrent users. The other may authorize two con-
current users.
A license server provided with both license codes will authorize up to seven
concurrent users of the application that uses feature name 77 and version 5.0.
Additive license codes are generally used to increase the number of available
licenses or number of client computers or to change the expiration date. Your
vendor can tell you exactly what parameters have been changed by the additive
license codes given to you.
Note Redundant license servers handle additive license codes slightly differ-
ently. A redundant license server may service both redundant and non-
redundant license codes. A redundant license code that is additive will
always override any exclusive or additive non-redundant license codes for
the same application feature and version.
You may receive a permanent, non-redundant or redundant license code that
replaces a temporary, trial license. Additive permanent licenses always replace
trial licenses even if the trial license has not yet expired.