Applying licenses to servers and agents#

To use licenses, you install a Rational® Common Licensing server, import your license keys, and link the HCL™ Launch servers or agents to the license server.

Ensure that you have a Rational Common Licensing server with licenses for HCL Launch.

The following Roles and Permissions are needed to assign Licenses to an Agent:

Web UI:

Resources Tab

Agent:

View Agents

Edit Basic Settings

For more information regarding roles and permissions see Permission reference

For information about the types of licenses, see License scenarios.

  1. On the HCL Launch server, click Settings > System Settings.

  2. On the System Settings page, under Licensing, specify the connection information for the license server and click Save.

    You can specify the port and host name or IP address for the license server, such as 27000@RCLServer.example.com. To avoid problems when a license server is not available, you can specify multiple license servers. In this case, separate each address with colons on Linux™ and UNIX™ or semicolons on Windows™, as in the following example: 27000@RCLServer.example.com;27000@backupRCLServer.example.com. For more complicated license server scenarios, see this document: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSSTWP_8.1.4/com.rational.license.doc/topics/r_specify_lic_servers.html. For more information about licensing, see License management.

    The License Mode field shows the type of licensing that the server is using.

  3. Specify whether to assign licenses to the agents automatically or manually. Select "None" for "Automatic Agent License Type" to set license type manually, otherwise new agents and existing unlicensed agents will get the automatic license type that is configured when connecting to the server.

    • To assign licenses to agents automatically, set Automatic Agent License Type to On and then click Save. This is applicable to all license modes, even unlicensed.

      Note: To use the Blueprint Designer, the Automatic Agent License Type must be set to On.

    • To assign licenses to agents manually, follow these steps:

    • Click Resources > Agents.

    • Next to an agent, click Actions and then click Set License Type.

      This menu item is available only if the License Mode field is set to Server Agent and Automatic Agent License Type is set to Off.

    • In the Confirmation window, click OK.

      The License column will show license type and another column for the agent shows AUTHORIZED and the agent is licensed.

    If you are using a license scenario other than virtual server and managed virtual server (Server Agent) licensing, the HCL Launch server assigns licenses to agents automatically. If you are using token licenses or floating licenses, the server attempts to retrieve the necessary license or licenses from the license servers that are available to the HCL Launch server.

    Note: If you provision cloud environments by using the blueprint designer and use virtual server and managed virtual server (Server Agent) licensing, configure the server to assign licenses to agents automatically.

  4. Restart the HCL Launch server.

    You must restart the server for it to recognize the new type of license.

Now you can run processes on the licensed servers and agents.

Parent topic: License management