Licensing Clarify Servers

Both the Server and Studio (including its companion Local Test server) are supplied with default install-restrictive licenses. While these licenses enable you to start the Server and Studio, they are temporary and powerless; nothing can be deployed or installed until permanent or subscription licenses have been requested and applied to each Studio and Server installation. 

Licensing checks occur whenever a server is selected from the Server Environment drop-down in the Admin Console. Clarify begins prompting you 15 days before the expiring license. A remote Server with an expired license will not start. 

These topics discuss the processes required to view, request, and apply different licenses to Server installations.

Requesting Licenses

Once a license has been requested, Cleo provides a new license file, which is then applied to either a Studio or Server installation.

From the Server Environment toolbar, click the View Server Information button (enabled only when connected to a remote Server). The Server Information screen appears. You can now process the request.

A Request License button is available on both Information screens

Licensing a Server

This topic explains how to apply a license to a Server installation. In a Single Server environment, the license must be applied to any existing server (test server and a production server, for example). However, for a Server Cluster, only one Server Node in the Cluster needs to have the license applied.

This task takes place from the Admin Console's Server Environment toolbar. The server does not need to be stopped or suspended during this process.

1. Select the server to be licensed using the Server Environment drop-down.
2. Click the Apply Server License button.
3. From the Open file browser screen, select the new license file.
   Note: This file should exist on your local file system. Cleo provides the license file as part of the normal license request process.
4. Click OK to complete this task.

The new license will be applied, and information recorded in a server log; an error message appears if unsuccessful, describing possible causes.

Studio/Server Information Screens

Licensing screens provide information related to license type and edition, expiration, platform, and other information specific to your Studio or Server installation. They also provide the means to electronically request a license.

Studio information

The Studio license screen provides product, version, and build information specific to your Studio installation.

This also includes the expiration date as well as the operating system.

To view the Studio License screen, select Help | View Studio Information from the main menu. The Studio Information screen appears. You can also request a license from here.

In addition, the screen provides the following license information:

• Number of Maps: the number of Rulesets available for your particular licensing agreement.
• License Type: the type of license that has been applied to the Studio or Server.
• Syntax: the syntax categories currently supported by your particular licensing agreement.
• Connectors: This section displays names of any Application Connectors available to the license.
• Node Data: This section displays system data required by Cleo to assign a permanent license.

Server Information

The Server license screen provides the same details as the Studio Information screen, but with additional cluster information.

• Queue Prioritization and Throughput: Indicates if the ability to edit queue values on the Activity Monitor view is enabled or disabled.
• Number of Concurrent Processes: Indicates how many concurrent processes the server is licensed for.
  To view this screen, click the View Server Information button (enabled only when connected to a remote Server) from the Server Environment toolbar in the Studio. You can also request a license from here.

Types

Clarify supports several different types of licensing depending on the purpose to which you will use the Studio and Server installations. Some types are included with default installations, while others are not. This topic provides a general description of these license types. For more information, please contact your Customer Account Manager.