Grace Period; License Failure Period; Performing Licensing - Siemens HiPath 3000 Series Service Documentation

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8.2.2

Grace Period

A product-specific Grace Period Configuration File (<file name>.gpcf) is installed with Hi-
Path 3000/5000 Manager E. If there is no valid license file (Real License File RLF) for the Cus-
tomer License Agent (CLA) when the HiPath 3000/5000 Manager E license dialog is opened,
the CLA automatically generates a grace period license file using the .gpcf file. The grace pe-
riod licenses can be distributed in exactly the same way as RLF licenses. The only difference
is the validity period of the licenses. For a grace period license, this is limited to 30 days.
The .gpcf file ensures that the maximum expansion of all features that are subject to mandatory
licensing is possible within the 30-day grace period. The system or systems are not licensed.
The.gpcf file must be stored in the HiPath 3000/5000 Manager E installation directory.
The 30-day grace period begins with the licensing of a standalone system or networked sys-
tems using the GPCF file. The licensing of all features, interfaces and products that are subject
to mandatory licensing must take place during this period.
The system falls into licensing default if licensing is not performed within the 30-day grace pe-
riod. This means that features which subject to mandatory licensing will suffer from reduced
functionality.
The activation of a grace period is recorded by the Customer License Agent (CLA) and in the
system CDB. This ensures that the 30-day period cannot be extended and that a second grace
period cannot be started.
8.2.3

License Failure Period

If a licensing error occurs, there is a period of 30 days (License Failure Period), within which
the error must be rectified.
If the error has not been rectified by the time the 30-day license failure period has expired, the
systems enter system default mode. This means that features which subject to mandatory li-
censing will suffer from reduced functionality.
8.2.4

Performing Licensing

The details specified below are based on the assumption that valid license files are
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available to the user.
During installation of the Customer License Agent (CLA) on the service PC or on the HiPath
5000 server (see Figure 8-2), an import subdirectory is created in the installation directory.
If the user has received a valid license file (<license>.xml), there are two options:
The license file can be stored manually in the specified subdirectory import.
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