Configuring the licenses
Use the License Data (F0 ) entry to configure the licenses. To specify the licenses specify this information:
- Customer data
- License Manager Hosts (SLM Servers)
And, if applicable:
- Concurrent user licenses
- Server and Instance licenses
- Named user licenses
- Desktop license and products
- Options data
Customer data
This information is required to validate the licenses with the actual contract, the SLA. This information consists of the customer name, customer code, and the license number of the agreement as a unique identifier for Infor.
To set the customer data:
- Select License Data (F0 ) in the Navigation Area.
- Right-click Customer Data (L5 ) in the Content Area and click Properties.
- Specify the properties.
This table shows the required properties:
| Customer Data | |
|---|---|
| Property | Description |
| Customer Name | The name of the customer; in most cases, the name of your company. |
| Customer Code* | The unique identification number of the customer supplied by Infor (protected). |
| Customer (License) Number* | The unique identification number of the license agreement supplied by Infor (protected). |
* Infor provides the customer code and license number. If you do not know these properties, you can leave these values initially blank and specify the values later.
Note that you receive this information from Infor along with the activation key.
You can no longer change the properties indicated with "(protected)" after Infor submits the SLM Activation key. Changes to this property require a new validation key, submitted by Infor.
License Manager Hosts (SLM Servers)
Part of the configuration is a list of SLM Servers.
To check which SLM Servers are part of your configuration, select the License Manager Hosts (L0 ) item in the Navigation Area. You can have a maximum of four hosts for each SLM Cluster.
The SLM Servers are normally added during the installation of such an SLM Server.
To add a host manually:
- Right-click License Data (F0 ) > License Manager Hosts (L0 ) and, on the shortcut menu that is displayed, click > .
- Specify the host ID and the port number and click . A properties sheet for the new host appears, called the License Host Data.
- Specify the host name in the License Host Data properties sheet.
- Click .
This table shows the required properties you must specify for a license
host. You can use the slmid command %SLMHOME%\bin to obtain the appropriate settings for your
system.
| License Host | |
|---|---|
| Property | Description |
| Host name | The (DNS) name of the computer that runs the SLM server. Ensure to specify the full qualified host name, including the domain, if you use FQHN identification (see FQHN identifier ). |
| Host ID | The hardware machine identification of the server, generated by the SlmID utility (protected). If you use a hardware identifier, specify the SLM ID that is returned by SLMID. If you use FQHN identification, fill in the Host – ID that is returned by SLMID. |
| Port Number | The port number the SLM server listens on (protected). The default number is 6005. (protected) |
If you add a host, you see Add in the State column if you check the hosts of this configuration. The host receives the Active status after validation of the license file when you submit the activation key.
Concurrent user licenses
You must configure the Concurrent User Licenses (L3 ) if your contract (SLA) with Infor includes applications with concurrent user licensing.
To add a concurrent user license:
- Right-click License Data (F0 ) > Concurrent User Licenses (L3 ) and, on the shortcut menu, click > .
- Specify the product ID of the product for which you want to create a concurrent user license and click . A properties sheet for the concurrent user license is displayed, called Specify Concurrent User License Data.
- Define the concurrent user license properties on the various tabs In the Specify Concurrent User License Data properties sheet.
- Click .
This table shows the concurrent user license properties:
| Concurrent User License | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tab | Property | Description |
| Product Data | Product name | The commercial name of the product. |
| Product ID | The unique identification number of the product (protected). | |
| Limits | Allowed number of users | The maximum number of users that can run the product (protected). |
| Start & End Date | Start Date | The start date of the license (protected). The default start date is today. |
| End Date | The end date of the license (protected). | |
The required properties are underlined.
The new concurrent user license receives the Add status in the State column. After you submit an activation key, the new concurrent user license receives the Active status.
Server and Instance licenses
You only must configure the Server or Instance Licenses (L4) item if your contract (SLSA) with Infor includes applications with server or instance licensing.
To add a server or Instance license:
- Right-click License Data (F0 ) > Server Licenses (L4 ) and, on the shortcut menu, click > .
- Specify the product ID of
the product for which you want to create a server or instance license and click
. A properties
sheet for the server license appears called Specify Server License Data.
Define the server or instance license properties on the various tabs in the Specify Server License Data properties sheet.
- Click .
This table shows the server and instance license properties:
| Server or Instance License | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tab | Property | Description |
| Product Data | Product name | The commercial name of the product. |
| Product ID | The unique identification number of the product (protected). | |
| Limits | Allowed number of servers | The maximum number of servers that can run the product (protected). |
| Start & End Date | Start Date | The start date of the license (protected). The default start date is today. |
| End Date | The end date of the license (protected). | |
Required properties are underlined.
Repeat these steps for all server and instance licensed applications that are in the contract and that are licensed through this particular logical SLM server.
After you submit an activation key, the new product-ids receives the Active status.
To enable the SLM server to know which servers or Instances can run a particular application, you must configure the names of these servers or Instances. For each of the products, you must specify a list of servers or Instance. See these topics:
Named User Licenses
You only must configure the Named User Licenses (L2 ) item if your contract (SLSA) with Infor includes applications with named user licensing.
A named user license couples the use of a specific Infor application to one or more named users who have access to the product. These named users are listed by product ID.
To add a named user license:
- Right-click License Data (F0 ) > named User Licenses (L2 ) and, on the shortcut menu, click > .
- Specify the product ID of the product for which you want to create a named user license and click . A properties sheet for the concurrent user license appears, called Specify Named User License Data.
- Define the named user license properties on the various tabs on the Specify Named User License Data properties sheet.
- Click .
This table shows the named user license properties:
| Named User License | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tab | Property | Description |
| Product Data | Product name | The commercial name of the product. |
| Product ID | The unique identification number of the product (protected). | |
| Limits | Allowed number of Servers | The maximum number of servers that can run the product (protected). |
| Start & End Date | Start Date | The start date of the license (protected). The default start date is today. |
| End Date | The end date of the license (protected). | |
Required properties are underlined.
Repeat these steps for all named-user-licensed applications that are in the contract and that are licensed through this particular logical SLM server.
After you submit an activation key, the new product-ids receives the Active status.
To enable the SLM server to know which named users can run a particular application, you must configure the names of these users. For each of the products you must enter a list of named users as described in Specifying named users.
We recommend that you specify heavy named users.
Desktop license and products
Currently not in use.
Options data
To set optional data for your SLM configuration:
- Select License Data (F0 ).
- Right-click Options Data (L6 ) in the area on the right and, on the shortcut menu select .
- Specify these required properties:
| Options Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tab | Property | Description |
| Options Data | Confirm Time | The time, in seconds, in which a license request must be confirmed. The default confirm time is set to 900 seconds, or 15 minutes. |
| High Availability Service (HAS) | Indicates whether High Availability Support is present or not (protected). By default, this option is cleared. | |
| Cluster settings | Cluster name | The name by which this SLM Cluster is known. |
| Automatic Client Update | If Yes the SLM Clients regularly check if their registration of SLM Servers matches with the SLM Servers defined for this SLM Cluster; if not, update the client configuration data. This parameter can be overruled per SLM Client installation. | |
For more details on the concepts of the confirm time and the affect this can have on your configuration, see SLM license types.
High availability support is described in "Fail over" and "High-availability support" in SLM Cluster.