Foreword
HOPEX Must licensing is a technology of network licenses provided by MEGA.
To obtain or update your license, contact your sales representative.
• A UNC will be requested.
• A .must license file will be sent with installation instructions.
A Must license:
• Is a file with a .must extension.
• Contains the definition of the license (locking information, expiration date and list of products).
• Is locked on a shared folder (UNC address).
Must license installation mainly consists in:
• Installing the license.
• Configuring the license folder in the HOPEX installation.
If you want to directly install a Must license, go to the section 'Installation procedures' of this document.
After installation, the Must license can be configured to better control execution:
• Configuring the command line (/RW code)
• Configuring user x license mapping.
• Configuring user to product mapping.
A Must license utility is available for the license administrator to make these configurations and monitor license use.
The Administration Console is still used to create and configure HOPEX users.
A Web licensing console is also available to configure license.
It does not enable to monitor use of token at a given moment.
The list of available services varies with the front-end:
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Service
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HOPEX Web Front-End
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HOPEX Windows Front-End
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Locking
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Shared licenses
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Dedicated license
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Concurrent license
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Multiple licenses
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Cluster license
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NR: not recommended because execution warning regarding are not displayed in HOPEX Web Front-End.
Definition of services:
• Locking:
o The license is programmed for a specific UNC address. The availability of this address is checked at runtime.
• Dedicated licenses:
o It is possible to program a license when a token for a product will be dedicated to a user. The number of tokens equals the number of users. The product is said to be programmed in dedicated mode.
• Shared licenses:
o It is possible to program a license when a token for a product will be assigned to a list of possible users. The number of tokens is lower than the number of possible users. The product is said to be programmed in shared mode.
• Concurrent licenses:
o It is possible to program a license when a token for a product will not be assigned to any user. The number of possible users is set to 0. The product is said to be programmed in concurrent mode.
• Multiple licenses:
o For the same HOPEX installation, it is possible to use different licenses to enable different access policies for different populations of end-users.
• Cluster license:
o The same license can be used for a set of HOPEX installations on different machines (cluster).
Independently from the products/solutions, there are tree exclusive types of users:
• Viewer users: consult data, search, use collaboration features
• Contributor users: consult data, search, perform limited updates, use collaboration features
• Main users: consult data, search, perform all updates in particular with diagram editor, use collaboration features