Named licenses work the same as concurrent licenses as described in Concurrent Licenses with the following exceptions:
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Named licenses cannot be mixed with concurrent licenses for the same license type.
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Each license type can be assigned to a different Microsoft Active Directory group as described in Reserve Licenses.
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When named licenses are registered, an encrypted cache file (AM-Meridian.clic) is created in the program folder and updated frequently. If this file is deleted, renamed, or restored from backup, the license manager service will not start and the licenses must be re-registered and re-authorized.
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Named licenses are assigned to specific users upon first use.
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Named licenses that have not been used for a period of 30 days can be re-assigned to a different user as described in Reassign Named Licenses - Administrator.
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Separate license servers cannot pool named licenses. If a user opens vaults on separate servers that connect to separate license servers, that user will claim a named license from each license server.
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All license activity can be logged for troubleshooting by setting the AuditLicenseRequests registry value as described in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\Server\Licensing. The logged data can be viewed in the Windows Application event log.
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Special licenses are available for use only in development and test environments. The licenses are provided so that such environments can be isolated from computers that are used for production purposes and so that licenses that are needed for production are not claimed by other users. These Not For Production licenses have product codes that include the letters NFP, for example, 010.MN-PURNFPI001.
Special ways that these licenses behave as opposed to production licenses are that they:
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Do not expire.
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Do not need to be authorized by Accruent. The licenses are available immediately after registering in the Accruent License Server.
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Display a message when they are used.
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Cannot be registered together with production licenses on the same Accruent License Server.
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