CoCreate Server Licensing Administration Guide

Edition 2

Copyright © 1998-2007 CoCreate Software GmbH

Legal Notices

• Restricted Rights Legend
• Notice
• Warranty

Preface

• Prerequisites
• Purpose of This Material
• How This Material Is Organized

Introduction: A Licensing Roadmap

Decisions, Decisions: Where to Install MEls

• Supported Systems
• Running Single and Multiple License Servers
• Connecting Passwords to a LAN Card ID, PC Dongle, or HIL Module
• Hint

How to Install MEls

• On a PC
• On UNIX

• How to Find the Physical ID
• How to Obtain your CoCreate Licenses

• Where to Put the Configuration File
• What to Put in the Configuration File: Passwords, Permissions, and Comments

How to Start and Stop MEls

• Starting MEls
• Stopping MEls

How the client application finds the MEls

How to Manage and Administer MEls

• Keeping Password Records
• Watching License Server Status
• Setting License Hold Time

Updating MEls

• How to Add New Passwords
• How to Upgrade Passwords
• How to Move Passwords
• Blocked Licenses
• How to Install Newer Revisions of MEls

Backup License Server

Portable Licensing

Troubleshooting

Frequently Asked Questions

Command-line Options

Changes to MEls, Revision 3.25 to Present