HP Remote Graphics Software 5.4.8 User Guide

RGS licensing
NOTE: RGS licensing applies to the RGS Sender only. The RGS Receiver is a free download and can
be used on any number of computers. Therefore, the following discussion of RGS licensing applies only
to the RGS Sender. For detailed information on RGS licensing, see the HP Remote Graphics Software
Licensing Guide, available at
http://www.hp.com/support/rgs_manuals.
Two types of licenses are supported by the RGS Sender:
1. Local license file—With local licenses, each system running the RGS Sender requires a license file.
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A license must be purchased and the license file installed for each RGS Sender computer.
2. Multi-user licenses—With multi-user licenses, a pool of RGS licenses is purchased, which are
dynamically allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis whenever an RGS Receiver first attempts to
connect to an RGS Sender. In licensing terminology, a multi-user license is checked-out when a
connection is established to the RGS Sender, and is checked-in when the connection terminates.
Multi-user licenses allow a company to purchase, for example, 75 licenses but support a user
community of perhaps hundreds of users as long as no more than 75 users ever attempt to
establish an RGS connection simultaneously.
Multi-user licenses require a license server, which can be installed on one of the computers
running the RGS Sender, or the license server can be installed on a separate computer. The RGS
product includes a setup.exe file that installs the license server—see the HP Remote Graphics
Software Licensing Guide, available at
http://www.hp.com/support/rgs_manuals.
Prior to installing the RGS Sender license, you can still establish a connection from the Local Computer
to the Remote Computer, and can interact with the Remote Computer desktop. However, in the absence
of a license, the dialog shown in
Figure 2-2 Dialog generated when the RGS Sender is unlicensed
on page 14 will be generated by the Remote Computer, and displayed in the window on the Local
Computer that is showing the Remote Computer desktop.
Figure 2-2 Dialog generated when the RGS Sender is unlicensed
Once the RGS Sender is licensed, the above dialog will no longer be displayed.
Users who need to deploy the RGS FlexNet license server on Linux may do so on RHEL v5 and v6 and
on SLED v11.
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