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This is the recommended way to install licensing for standalone SQLFire deployments. (For SQLFire deployments
installed on vSphere virtual machines as part of a vFabric Suite deployment, VMware recommends that you use
the vFabric License Server. See vFabric Suite Only: Congure vFabric SQLFire for vFabric License Server on
page 20.)
For example:
# sqlfire.properties for data store or accessor member
license-serial-number=#####-#####-#####-#####-#####
If you need to specify multiple serial numbers, use a comma separated list:
# sqlfire.properties for data store or accessor member
license-serial-number=#####-#####-#####-#####-#####,#####-#####-#####-#####-#####
Option 2: Install Licenses Using Serial Number Files
Place serial numbers in serial number les in the VMware vFabric serial number directory.
To congure SQLFire to use these for licensing, you need to specify license-serial-number=dynamic
as a boot property. You can specify this property in sqlfire.properties, or when starting a SQLFire
member using sqlf or the FabricServer interface.
Use this procedure to install and congure serial number les for any standalone SQLFire license.
1.
Create a le named vf.sf-serial-numbers.txt and paste the serial number into it.
Note: If you have multiple serial numbers, enter each serial number on a new line.
2. Save the le to the appropriate serial numbers directory on each SQLFire member. See Local VMware
vFabric Directories on page 19 for the appropriate directory based on your operating system.
3.
On all SQLFire data store members, specify license-serial-number=dynamic in
sqlfire.properties, or as a boot property. For example:
# sqlfire.properties for dynamic licensing of data stores
license-serial-number=dynamic
vFabric Suite Only: Configure vFabric SQLFire for vFabric License Server
You can only use this conguration method if you are running SQLFire on a vSphere virtual machine as part of
vFabric Suite. This method is not applicable for installing a standalone vFabric SQLFire license, such as a vFabric
SQLFire Enterprise license.
To set up vFabric License Server licensing, refer rst to the license activation procedure in Activate vFabric
Suite Licenses in the vFabric Suite documentation.
After you install SQLFire licenses on the vFabric License Server, congure dynamic licensing in SQLFire:
1.
Specify license-serial-number=dynamic in the sqlfire.properties le on each data store
or accessor member. For example:
# sqlfire.properties for dynamic licensing
license-serial-number=dynamic
2. (Optional) Change the default timeout value (10000) to indicate the maximum time in milliseconds that the
member should wait when obtaining a license dynamically from the vFabric License Server. For example,
in sqlre.properties:
#timeout in milliseconds
license-server-timeout=20000
vFabric SQLFire User's Guide20
Getting Started with vFabric SQLFire