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bradstinson
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6 years ago
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License Server Migration Planning

Hello, I'm a sysadmin responsible for maintaining my company's license server and licenses it serves. I've been planning a migration from our current on-premises license server(s) running on Window...
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    AR_A_Intel
    6 years ago

    Hi

    Upon checking with teammate, Yes, generating new license file will probably stop previous license to stop.


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AR_A_Intel
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6 years ago

Hello

Good day

Welcome to INTEL forum. Based on my understanding, BORROW is not compatible with license feature. Per-understanding on your note, my guess is you would like to generate a temporary license to your laptop/pc (and the laptop/pc is not connected to the network). Yes, it is possible to generate another or second license and this is called a checkout license.

A checkout license enables portability for users with only floating seat licenses. The license administrator can issue fixed license allowing one of the users to have access to the same product licenses from the network. Please note that a checkout license is only temporary for 2-weeks period of time.

Refer to link on how to generate temporary license in Self-Service Licensing Center.

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/education/demonstrations/online/licensing/how-to-generate-companion-or-temporary-license.pdf


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    bradstinson
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    6 years ago

    Thank you very much for taking the time to respond Mr. Rahman, I really appreciate it.

    If the BORROW keyword is deprecated in favor of temporary licenses, then that helps clarify things. It does sound limiting, however; with the BORROW keyword, it sounded like engineers could check-out individual seats on a license, whereas a temporary license has to be created for every user/seat that would need temporary access. That's a bit more cumbersome, but I'll take what I can get.

    Would you be willing to help me with question 2, in particular? Does generating a new (regular) license file cause the previous license file to stop working? I'd be willing to accept a yes or no answer as a solution to this thread. Thank you again very much for the support.