User-Based Licensing User Guide

Document ID: 102516_1.1_00_en

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Contents

Contents

1. Introduction......................................................................................................................................................6

1.1 Conventions......................................................................................................................................................6

1.2 Other information........................................................................................................................................... 7

2. User-Based Licensing overview...................................................................................................................8

2.1 Backwards compatibility................................................................................................................................ 8

2.2 Interoperability with previous software licensing implementations.....................................................8

2.3 License lifecycle for user-based licensing................................................................................................. 8

2.4 Network requirements for user-based licensing......................................................................................9

2.5 User-Based Licensing terminology........................................................................................................... 10

3. Using user-based licensing.........................................................................................................................12

3.1 Activate your product using a license server........................................................................................ 12

3.2 Activate your product using an activation code................................................................................... 13

3.3 Activate your product if your device is offline......................................................................................14

3.4 Deactivate your product.............................................................................................................................15

4. Diagnose licensing issues with user-based licensing error codes.....................................................16

4.1 100 - No license found.............................................................................................................................. 16

4.2 101 - Product activation conflict..............................................................................................................16

4.3 200 - Expired cached license....................................................................................................................17

4.4 201 - Support and maintenance contract expired............................................................................... 17

4.5 202 - Expired license.................................................................................................................................. 17

4.6 300 - Corrupted license............................................................................................................................. 17

4.7 301 - Corrupted license storage.............................................................................................................. 18

4.8 400 - Unauthorized user............................................................................................................................18

4.9 500 - Unexpected error............................................................................................................................. 18

4.10 501 - Library communication error....................................................................................................... 19

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