The Sentinel RMS License Manager may be installed on one or more computers to establish and coordinate a network such that multiple computers may share CSI software licenses. The license server has access to license codes. When a networked computer opens and runs a shared software, it obtains a license from the license server, which then coordinates sharing within the network. |
The Sentinel RMS License Manager may be installed on one or more computers to establish and coordinate a network such that multiple computers may share CSI software licenses. The license server has access to license codes. When a networked computer opens and runs a shared software, it obtains a license from the license server, which then coordinates sharing within the network.
If you have been issued an activation key by CSI, the latest version of the Sentinel RMS License Manager and Sentinel RMS Utilities can be installed using the CSI Installation Wizard. The Installation Wizard can determine whether the License Manager and/or Utilities (license management tools) are out of date and can update them as well.
If you have been issued a license file by CSI (manual license), instructions to install or upgrade Sentinel RMS License Manager (and Utilities) can be found here.
The Sentinel RMS License Manager will install in one the following locations:
The latest version of the Sentinel RMS License Manager is 8.6. This version can serve all networked CSI software licenses except software with LM 7 licenses.
Depending on the product version, all web-activated network licenses require either License Manager v8.6 or v8.5, and the Sentinel RMS 8.6 (or 8.5) Utilities.
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Clustered virtual environments are not supported for web-activated licensing. However, license files can be generated manually for these clustered virtual environments. |
Version 8.4, and previous versions of the Sentinel RMS License Manager, are also available for download. Operating systems that support the Sentinel RMS License Manager, and the networking of CSI licenses, are listed as follows:
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The following sections describe the association between License Manager (LM) version that is required to serve licenses for a particular version of CSI program.
LM 8.6 licenses require License Manager 8.6, or later. The following versions of CSI programs use LM 8.6 licenses:
LM 8.5 licenses require License Manager 8.5, or later. The following versions of CSI programs use LM 8.5 licenses:
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LM 8 licenses can be served from License Manager 8.0.5 and later, including License Manager 8.5. The following versions CSI programs use LM 8 licenses:
The following legacy versions of CSI programs use LM 7 licenses and their licenses have to served from License Manager version 8.4.1 or earlier:
If you are migrating to Sentinel RMS License Manager v8.5, or later, you will not be able to serve legacy LM 7 licenses from there. You must maintain the server which is currently hosting the LM 7 licenses. Sentinel License Manager version 8.4.1 can be downloaded from the following link:
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