Applying licenses to servers and agents

To use licenses, you install a Rational® Common Licensing server, import your license keys, and link the IBM® UrbanCode Deploy servers or agents to the license server.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have a Rational Common Licensing server with licenses for IBM UrbanCode Deploy.

About this task

For information about the types of licenses, see License scenarios.

Procedure

  1. On the IBM UrbanCode Deploy server, click Settings > System Settings.
  2. On the System Settings page, under Licensing, specify the connection information for the license server and click Save. You can specify the port and host name or IP address for the license server, such as 27000@RCLServer.example.com. To avoid problems when a license server is not available, you can specify multiple license servers. In this case, separate each address with colons on Linux and UNIX or semicolons on Windows, as in the following example: 27000@RCLServer.example.com;27000@backupRCLServer.example.com . For more complicated license server scenarios, see this document: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/rational/v0r0m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.rational.license.doc/topics/r_specify_lic_servers.html The Server License Type field shows the type of licensing that the server is using.
  3. If you are using virtual server and managed virtual server (Authorized) licensing, specify whether to assign licenses to the agents automatically or manually. These steps are not necessary for the other types of licensing.
    • To assign licenses to agents automatically, select the Automatic Agent Licensing check box and then click Save. This check box is meaningful only if you are using virtual server and managed virtual server (Authorized) licensing.
    • To assign licenses to agents manually, follow these steps:
    1. Click Resources > Agents.
    2. Next to an agent, click Actions and then click License. This menu item is available only if the Server License Type field is set to Server Agent and the Automatic Agent Licensing check box is cleared.
    3. In the Confirmation window, click OK. The License column for the agent shows AUTHORIZED and the agent is licensed.
    If you are using a license scenario other than virtual server and managed virtual server (Authorized) licensing, the IBM UrbanCode Deploy server assigns licenses to agents automatically. If you are using token licenses or floating licenses, the server attempts to retrieve the necessary license or licenses from the license servers that are available to the IBM UrbanCode Deploy server.

Results

Now you can run processes on the licensed servers and agents.

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