Foreword
HOPEX Must licensing is a technology of network licences provided by MEGA.
To obtain or update your licence, contact your sales representative.
• A UNC will be requested.
• A .must licence file will be sent with installation instructions.
A Must licence:
• Is a file with a .must extension.
• Contains the definition of the licence (locking information, expiration date and list of products).
• Is locked on a shared folder (UNC address).
Must licence installation mainly consists in:
• Installing the licence.
• Configuring the licence folder in the HOPEX installation.
If you want to directly install a Must licence, go to the section 'Installation procedures' of this document.
After installation, the Must licence can be configured to better control execution:
• Configuring the command line (/RW code)
• Configuring user x licence mapping.
• Configuring user to product mapping.
A Must licence utility (Windows executable) is available for the licence administrator to make these configurations and monitor licence use.
The Administration Console is still used to create and configure HOPEX users.
A Web licensing console is also available to configure licence.
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 licences
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Dedicated licence
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Concurrent licence
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Multiple licences
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Cluster licence
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NR: not recommended because execution warning regarding are not displayed in HOPEX Web Front-End.
Windows Front-end can be used for customization only.
Definition of services:
• Locking:
o The licence is programmed for a specific UNC address. The availability of this address is checked at runtime.
• Dedicated licences:
o It is possible to program a licence 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 licences:
o It is possible to program a licence 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 licences:
o It is possible to program a licence 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 licences:
o For the same HOPEX installation, it is possible to use different licences to enable different access policies for different populations of end-users.
• Cluster licence:
o The same licence 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