Disconnected VLM drive

[Bob_Albern]

I am running an HTOL test that needs to stay up for six weeks without interruption and I have a couple of questions about the license.

Our VLM is obviously on a network drive. If I start the program with the network connected and the license running, then disconnect the network (or the network goes down), will the program continue to run for the six week period or will it stop after the 10 day evaluation period?

What if I disconnected the network first and then started the program using the evaluation license. Would the program continue to run after the 10 days?

We are having a winter shutdown at my plant and there is a good chance the networks will not stay up for the entire time. I'm trying to figure out what the risks are and how to manage them.

Thanks,

Bob Albern

[J_Stape]

Hi Bob,

What type of license do you have?  I am going to assume that you have a non-concurrent license, but please let me know if this is not the case.

To answer your first question:

Temporary network licenses are created when a licensed software program launches. Temporary network licenses ensure software access in the event that the license server is unreachable from the client computer, because the network was down, the license server was stopped, or because the client computer was disconnected from the network. The client software must have previously been checked out successfully for the temporary license to be generated.

The temporary network license is valid for 14 days from the first time the license was used. During this time, your software runs but displays a warning message each time you launch the product.

So, to answer your second question:

As long as your client machine has successfully launched a program with licensing permissions once, then the client machine will be able to use to 14 day temporary license.

Please let me know if anything above is unclear.

Jessica S.

Message Edited by J_Stape on 12-18-2008 09:37 PM