Add option for NIPM to connect to volume license server to determine avaliable software

[DsX]

When installing NI software with NIPM, it would be useful for NIPM to be able to connect to VLA server and determine avalable software to install based on the available licenses.

Example:

• A user wants to install NI software and contacts the VLA administrator.
• The VLA administrator assigns software rights to the user/computer and instructs the user to download and install NIPM and connect to VLA server
• The user installs NIPM and is given an option to select software based on the VLA

This could be used instead of a "Volume license installer" avaliable in VLM.

Best regards

Matej Zorko

[Eisenwr]

You can do something similar with NI Package Builder; however, you will need to make a Package Installer for each different set of software. The package installer include NIPM and can be run fully automated with some command line options. Also you will need to make a package that adds license server to include in the package builder (instructions for the custom execute).