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Glossary AccountLink
Rational's Web-based license management tool. Customers can use this tool to request and return licenses to their Rational accounts. ANY-HOST
A license key issued for ANY-HOST will run on any system, and is not tied to the customer's system ID. Emergency Key
A temporary key that lets a customer use Rational software for a fixed period of time if they cannot use their own license for some reason. The duration of the Emergency Key is five days. Emergency Keys can be node-locked or floating. Emergency Keys are distributed by the Licensing Support Group and run on any host. Evaluation Key
A temporary key that lets a customer use and evaluate Rational software for a fixed period of time. Rational Software determines the duration of the Evaluation Key. Evaluation Keys can be node-locked or floating. Evaluation Keys are distributed by the Sales team and run on any host. Floating License
A license type that links products to a license server system. Client systems obtain licenses from the license server when they need to run a copy of Rational software. Multiple clients can share the pool of floating licenses; one license is granted per client per product. Floating licenses on license servers are typically administered by system administrators. Key Type
Node-locked and floating licenses can be enforced by different types of license keys. The types of license keys are Startup and Permanent. Evaluation and Emergency keys are variations of Startup keys, and Term License Agreements (TLAs) are a variation of Permanent keys. Each type of key has different business rules and policies. License
A legal right to use a product. A customer receives a license when they purchase the product. However, they need a license key to actually associate the product and the system on which it is running with a license. License Key
Generic term used in this document to describe keys that enable licenses on a customer system. The types of license keys are: permanent, temporary, evaluation, emergency, and Term License Agreement (TLA). License Key Administrator
A Windows program written by Rational Software, which provides a customer interface to Rational's Licensing system. Similar functionality exists with a subset of the rs_install command, called license_setup. Starting with the release of Rational Suite 1.0 and associated point products, the License Key Administrator or license_setup command is installed whenever a Rational software product is installed. For hosting floating licenses on Windows, the License Key Administrator is installed when the Globetrotter FLEXlm server is installed on a Windows License Server system. License Key Code
An encrypted code used to enforce a license agreement. License Type
The valid types of licenses are node-locked licenses and floating licenses. See also Key Type. Node-Locked License
A type of license that links a product to a system. Typically, one node-locked license is issued per software copy. Permanent Key
A license that lets customers run Rational products indefinitely. Permanent Keys can be node-locked or floating. Node-locked Permanent Keys are installed on a client system. Floating Permanent Keys are installed on a license server.
Note: A Term License Agreement, a variation of a permanent key, does have an expiration date. See Term License Agreement.Permanent Key Code
The encrypted code that lets a customer run a particular Rational product using a Permanent Key. Rational FLEXlm Server
Software license manager for Windows, UNIX, Java, and VMS. Temporary Key
A short-term license key that lets a customer run Rational software products. Temporary licenses are not keyed to a specific system. Temporary Keys can be node-locked or floating. Node-locked Temporary Keys are installed on a client system. Floating Temporary Keys are installed on a license server. Temporary Key Code
The encrypted code that lets a customer run a particular Rational product using a Temporary Key. Temporary License Key Certificate
A piece of paper or an electronic file that contains information a customer needs to begin using Rational software with a license. The temporary License Key Certificate is shipped to the customer with the software installation media. Term License Agreements (TLAs)
Variation of a Permanent Key. TLAs are issued to a site to let their employees use Rational software for a negotiated period of time. TLAs are issued by Rational Sales and have an expiration date.
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