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Concurrent License Manager

FootPrints supports both fixed and concurrent (floating) licenses for Agents.  A fixed license allows one named user to log into FootPrints with a specific ID and password.  A concurrent license can be used by an unlimited number of people, but only one can use a particular concurrent license instance at a time.  Each user sharing a concurrent license has their own unique ID and password, but can only log in if a concurrent license is free.

To make this clearer, if five concurrent licenses are purchased and thirty people are sharing those licenses, only five users can be logged in at one time.  When a sixth user tries to log in, the sixth user receives a message stating that there are no available licenses.  When one of the five logged in users finally logs out of FootPrints, a license is freed. 

This type of license is useful for casual users of FootPrints or users working opposing shifts. This license is not appropriate for users who require access to FootPrints at all times.  As the concurrent license costs approximately 2.5 times as much as a fixed license, at least three users must share a concurrent license to make it cost-effective. 

Other aspects of the concurrent licensing:

Note

A system log is kept to record each time a concurrent user attempts to log in to FootPrints and is denied because no concurrent licenses are available. This log can be viewed on the FootPrints server by reading the file c:\FootprintsServiceCore\etc\debugging\loginErrors.txt.