Doug, Regarding READ licenses.... I see in the user.log file that you issue GRANT READ, but you never do any sort of release activity for that...in fact GRANT READ isn't even listed as a valid value in the user.log file....nor is LOGIN or LOGOUT.
-----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Mueller, Doug Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:19 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARS Licenses Folks, To try and help clarify the situation here.... Floating licenses are released: 1) Immediately whenever you logout of the system using a formal logout 2) Windows client -- immediately if you login as a different user as that does a logout of the first user and then a login of the new 3) Windows client -- whenever you exit the client normally (I say exit normally because if you hard kill it or it crashes, that is not a normal exit and I want to be REALLY clear) 4) Web client 7.5 or later -- within the configurable interval (generally measured in seconds) after closing the last browser window of any browser windows opened by the mid-tier for the user (pre 7.5, closing the browser did not do a logout) 5) API client -- make sure you call the ARTermination() API call as that is the logout call and releases immediately on that call 6) After the configured timeout interval (min 1 hour, default 2 hours) of no API calls from the corresponding client where a license is held 7) If released by an Administrator (yes, an Admin can release a license but there are restrictions about being able to release a license from a given user at most 1 time per license token release interval (min 1 hour, default 2 hours -- the same timer as #6) These are all the different ways that floating licenses (and in fact other licenses too from a housekeeping perspective) are released. You can see the interaction and granting and releasing happening by turning on User logging. About the Read (Floating) designation... That indicates a user who is present in the system and is entitled to a Floating token but they have not done any work yet so they don't hold a token at this time. Any work they do will immediately try and obtain a token and grab one if available. But, they don't hold one at this time. I hope this has been helpful. Doug Mueller -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Danny Kellett Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:07 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARS Licenses Hi, I believe the lowest is an hour. So even if the user logs out after using it for a minute, the system will free this back in 59 minutes. There is an ar.conf setting License-Timeout but the min setting is an hour. Regards Danny > Hi Listers, > > I have a few licensing questions. > > For how long is a floating license locked until another use can use > it? > > Will the token be released when the user logs out? > > When the license manager shows a license (Read) Floating, does it mean > another use can use it? > > How often can I assign a fixed license to another use? > > > Mark > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
