Has anyone solved the issue of License overages?

I'm a bit late to all the new updates...Is there any solution to the problem of license overages? It's nice that we can work over in case of emergency, but I'd like a way to deny licenses if we've hit our limit for everyday use. Is there anything that can do that?

Thank you.

MaryB
MSTN 08.11.08.357
GPK 08.11.07.566

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  • All these suggestions won’t really prevent over usage.  The SELECTserver application is not real-time reporting. Since the implementation of the XM product line and forward, TRUST licensing has been the licensing paradigm. This means the clients are “NOT” connected to the server constantly and can be taken off site to work. With the XM Licensing client it typically attempt posts its usages every 24 hours to the SELECTserver, if it can’t it records the usage and will try again the next 24 hrs. It will do this for 30 days then will go into disabled mode if it can’t post its usages to the SELECTserver within that window.

    You also should understand how we count usage.  If you have a select license then the license is good for an hour even if you’re in the application for 20 minutes.  If you only have one license and are in it from 8:00 am – 8:20 am and then someone else uses it from 8:30 – 9:00 use just over used by one.  For further information on this take a look at the following articles:

    TRUST LICENSING BASICS

    communities.bentley.com/.../2771.aspx

    What is usage and how is it calculated?

    communities.bentley.com/.../what-is-usage-and-how-is-it-calculated.aspx

    Mike



  • Michael

    can you explain the rational behind this please "If you have a select license then the license is good for an hour even if you’re in the application for 20 minutes. If you only have one license and are in it from 8:00 am – 8:20 am and then someone else uses it from 8:30 – 9:00 use just over used by one."

    The use is logged per machine down to the precision of the data type used, even using the integer data type this could be logged at a precision greater than a second. These logs are then uploaded to the select server where I am assuming on the server side the math is done to see which machines and which software were in use during the same time periods.

    What is the basis of the calendar hour being the measure of a license use it seems completely arbitrary and intended for the sole purpose of padding Bentley's bottom line. No other software distributor measures simultaneous use in this completely arbitrary fashion.
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  • Michael

    can you explain the rational behind this please "If you have a select license then the license is good for an hour even if you’re in the application for 20 minutes. If you only have one license and are in it from 8:00 am – 8:20 am and then someone else uses it from 8:30 – 9:00 use just over used by one."

    The use is logged per machine down to the precision of the data type used, even using the integer data type this could be logged at a precision greater than a second. These logs are then uploaded to the select server where I am assuming on the server side the math is done to see which machines and which software were in use during the same time periods.

    What is the basis of the calendar hour being the measure of a license use it seems completely arbitrary and intended for the sole purpose of padding Bentley's bottom line. No other software distributor measures simultaneous use in this completely arbitrary fashion.
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