Using Overdraft Support To Determine Application Usage; Setting A License Expiration Date; Choosing The Right Queuing Option For Your Application - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 21: License-Enabling Packages Using FLEXwrap
Enabling License Tracking of Windows Installer Packages
additional licenses that are required, enabling you to only purchase the number of licenses that your
organization actually needs.
• Grouping
restriction by selecting a different grouping option so that license requests are grouped by computer, by user,
by user and computer, or by site. For more information, see

Using Overdraft Support to Determine Application Usage

By selecting the Enable overdraft licenses option on the
number of users to run the software package during peak usage times even after the application's license limit has
been reached.
You can then use FLEXnet Manager to generate a report on actual usage, enabling you to accurately determine
your organization's license requirements, and purchase any additional licenses that are required. Implementing
Overdraft support gives you the information you need to purchase only the number of licenses that your
organization actually needs.

Setting a License Expiration Date

On the Set Limits Page
licenses. You would want to set an expiration date if you were aware that your license agreement for this
application expires on a specific date, and you want to make sure that no one in your organization can launch the
application after that date. This enables you to comply with the terms and conditions of your software license
agreement.
If you do not have plans to let this application's license agreement expire, do not select this option.

Choosing the Right Queuing Option for Your Application

On the Set Limits Page
options for the selected package:
•
Ask user—If all licenses are in use and another user attempts to launch the application, a list of the current
license users opens, and the user is prompted to select whether he wants to wait for a license to become
available (when one of the current license users closes the application). If he selects this option, the
application will launch when a license becomes available.
By displaying a list of current license users, the user who is waiting has the option of contacting one of the
license users to see if they will close the application to make a license available. You might want to choose this
option if most of the users who would be using this package know each other and contact each other on a
frequent basis.
•
Always
user to a waiting list and then launch the application when a license becomes available. You might want to
choose this option if most of the users who would be using this package do not know each other and,
therefore, probably would not contact any of the current users on the list.
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options—By default, each application instance requires its own license. You can change this
of the FLEXwrap Assistant, you can choose to enter an expiration date for this application's
under Action to take when license limit is reached, you can select one of the following
queue—If all licenses are in use and another user attempts to launch the application, always add the
Grouping Options for Concurrent
Set Limits Page, you can choose to allow a specified
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