HP Micro Focus Object COBOL/UX Release Notes for Version B.13.35

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License Management with FLEXlm and COBOL
Figure 3-1 The License Request Process
NOTE Time Allocation of Licenses
If a license is granted, the minimal time allocated to that license is one
hour. The license stays with the user for one hour after the completion of
the COBOL component that requested it (for example, a compile or
Animator session). This allows a user to run multiple components
without losing the license. The license is tied to a particular host
machine, user, and ttyname for one hour after the last use of a licensed
COBOL component, and is not released if the user logs off.
NOTE License Overdraft Allotments
HP Micro Focus Object COBOL/UX provides you with an overdraft
license allotment of ten percent of the number of licenses you purchased,
rounded up to the next integer. When all purchased licenses are in use,
licenses will be granted from this overdraft allotment until it is
exhausted.
FLEXlm displays a warning message on stderr each time a license is
requested from the overdraft allotment. The message indicates that
overdraft licenses are in use, and the licensed component delays for 15