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Overview

NetPower License Manager is the server component of the PowerNet suite that manages the number of client licenses that have been purchased by the customer. Each license is a "floating" license which, upon being relinquished by one client, may be issued to another client by the server.

A license system based on a floating license policy allows the user to install PowerNet client components on an unlimited number of computers. A set number of purchased licenses control the number of installed copies of PowerNet application users can run concurrently.

These licenses are floating; they are not fixed to one copy of software. A user can check out a license to allow a copy of an application to run on the user's computer. When the user exits the application, the license can be returned to the pool of available licenses. Another user may then check out that same license to allow that copy of the application to be run on that computer.

Click the License Manager Icon for a sample screen shot.

License Manager is the PowerNet application that controls and manages the floating licenses. License Manager allows you to:

• Transfer licenses from a Master License Disk or Upgrade/Update License Disk to the hard disk of the computer on which License Manager runs.
• Transfer licenses to a Master License Disk from the hard drive of the computer on which License Manager runs.

License Manager monitors how many purchased licenses for an application are available for check out, to which computers licenses have been checked-out, and the current status of each license.

A checked out license communicates with License Manager, which monitors when the license was last in contact. If the checked-out license is out of contact with License Manager for seven days, the license expires and returns to the pool of available licenses. The user who checked out the license must then check out another license for that application.