Floating Client Access Licenses

IBM® Rational® Quality Manager supports both fixed and Floating Client Access Licenses (CALs). Floating Client Access Licenses are licenses that can be shared by multiple users who can individually acquire a license when they need it, if one is available. For example, if two users only use Rational Quality Manager occasionally, then those users can share a floating CAL instead of purchasing two separate permanent CALs.

A user who is assigned a floating CAL can only use the supported CAL functions if there is an available copy of a CAL. For example, if a server administrator purchases three floating Quality Manager CALs and assigns them to five users, then only three users can use the CALs at the same time. CAL usage starts when a user performs their first server operation that requires the CAL. A user holds the CAL until 2 hours after their last server operation.

You can simplify floating CAL usage administration and tracking by using a single server to distribute all floating CALs in a multiple Jazz Server environment. Select a server that can hold the floating CALs, such as an existing server that runs as a Jazz Server and floating CAL server. After installing floating CALs on a server, you can configure other servers to point to the floating CAL server. Then, those servers can assign and use the floating CALs.

Note: The floating license server supports only http connections, and not https (secure connections).

To determine whether to install a dedicated license server or to re-use an existing Rational Quality Manager server as a CAL server, consider the following:


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