Named licenses are assigned to specific users when an unassigned license is claimed for the first time. The user will then retain exclusive use of that license until they have not used it for 30 days, at which time the license is released and may be claimed by another user. You may exchange the user of a claimed license and assign it to another user instead of waiting for the 30 days to elapse, such as for an extended absence. Such a license may not be exchanged again for 30 days.
Following is an example scenario:
John claims an unused license on March 1 (effective until the end of May). John takes a leave of absence on March 20. Joe is hired on April 1 and a system administrator reassigns John’s license to Joe. The license is then locked to Joe for 30 days. It cannot be claimed by another user or exchanged by a system administrator until May 1.
The default method to reassign named licenses is in the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console
To reassign a named license:
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In Meridian Enterprise Administrator, select License Server in the left pane.
Property page tabs appear in the right pane.
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Click the Users tab.
The current quantity of each registered license type is shown in the Licenses list.
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Select a license type in the Licenses list.
The names of users currently claiming that license type are shown in the right-hand list.
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Right-click the name of the user who is assigned a license that you want to reassign and then click Exchange user on the context menu that appears.
The Select user to exchange with <CurrentUser> dialog box appears.
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Click the name of the user to which you want to assign the license.
If that user name has multiple accounts assigned to it, select the desired account in the Accounts list.
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Click Select.
The license is assigned to the selected user.
