Skyline’s Floating License Server

The license information can also be obtained using a floating license server which enables a number of licenses to be shared among a larger number of users. When an authorized user wants to run TerraExplorer, the user requests a license from the license server, and if one is available, the license server allows TerraExplorer to run. When the user finishes running TerraExplorer, the license is returned to the license server for use by other users. See “Configuring TerraExplorer to Use the Skyline Floating License Server (SFLS)” and “Checking Out Licenses on the Client Side” in this chapter for information.

Floating licenses can also be “checked out” enabling them to function as machine dependent licenses, so that they require no connection to the license server when in use. The availability of licenses for checkout and the length of the check out period are defined by the licensing server. Licenses can be checked out either by the client via the License Manager, or on the server side via the Floating License Server Manager. Licenses checked out by a client can be checked back in, but licenses checked out from the server side, are permanently removed from the license pool.