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Borrowing Process
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1) Open the Borrowing wizard from the Online Open http://localhost:30304/#/ and click on Online Licensing menu > Use licenses offline at the top right corner.
2) Click Next to in the wizard to start.
32) Select products you want to use while this license server is disconnected from the Internet. Enter the number of machines you plan on using with these products and click PREVIEW.
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34) Preview and adjust the precise number of licenses to borrow. Click the BORROW button to borrow the selected number of licenses.
Borrowed licenses will be reserved for you for two weeks. After that period expires you can borrow the same licenses again.
You can use the AUTO-RENEW LICENSES option to automatically re-borrow the licenses for another two weeks.
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You can use your borrowed licenses for 14 days without internet connection. Their renewal happens automatically. However, the renewal process requires internet connection at least once during the last 3 days. The renewal is valid from the moment it happened for additional 14 days. Therefore, if you borrowed it on June 1st and renewed it on June 11th, you can use the offline license until June 25th. |
45) Finally, you can see your borrowed licenses and their expiration dates. Click the CLOSE button to button to return to the main menu.
Returning Licenses
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To return a borrowed license, click the open http://localhost:30304/#/ and click on Online Licensing menu. Then click RELEASE to the RELEASE button to return any borrowed licenses.
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Note: Releasing the licenses requires an internet connection. |
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If you deactivate your Online Licensing, the borrowed licenses will be released! |
Borrowing Licenses without Internet connection
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You can borrow licenses even when the machine that is running the license server has no Internet connection. You can instead use another machine without license server that has Internet connection to log into my.chaosgroup.com with your Chaos Group account and specify the products , for which you need to borrow licenses. An offline file will be available for download from your account that you need to upload to your license server.
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Licenses can be borrowed only from an already activated license server. Follow the License Setup page for information on how to activate the License Server. To activate your License Server without Internet connection follow the steps from the section Offline Activation. Once the activation is successful, you can borrow licenses for offline use following the steps below. |
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1) Log into my.chaosgroup.com with your Chaos Group account from the machine with Internet connection. On the License Servers tab of the page, choose a workstation from the list for which you wish to reserve licenses for offline use.
2) Click Borrow Licenses in the Borrowed Licenses section.
3) Select products you want to use while this license server is connected from the Internet. Enter the number of machines you plan on using with these products and click PREVIEW.
4) Preview and adjust the precise number of licenses to borrow. Click the BORROW button to borrow the selected number of licenses.
5) Click Download Offline License Licenses File.
6) On the machine that is running the license server, open http://localhost:30304/#/ and click on Online Licensing menu > Use licenses offline at the top right corner.
7) Upload the offline license *.bin file and press the Upload button You will be asked to upload the offline file downloaded from my.chaosgroup.com. Locate the file and click UPLOAD.
78) Once the file is validated, your borrowed licenses will also be listed on your license server's home page.