Lending Tokens
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If you are using MxServe 2.0 or higher, you can lend tokens from your token pool to another computer. This is useful, for example, to loan tokens to a laptop for a trip or to work at home. You can also lend tokens from one token pool to another where they are temporarily needed. The lending server is called the parent; the borrowing server is called the child.
Notes:
•When tokens are loaned, they are removed from the lending (parent) token pool. While loaned, they cannot be accessed on the parent server.
•Loaned tokens have an expiration date.
•When tokens expire, they are automatically returned to the lending token pool.
•There is a 28-day limit on the duration of the loan.
•You can lend loaned tokens again, forming a chain.
•You can return tokens before they expire using the Kill function.
•To lend tokens, there must be a sufficient number in the parent token pool.
Use this procedure to lend tokens:
1.Open MxServe Monitor on the child (borrowing) server. 2.Select the License Update tab. 3.Select the child server in the Server Information box at the top of the window. If you are lending tokens to your localhost and it does not appear in the list, use the Add button to create it. 4.Click Generate to display the Site Code. 5.Click the Copy button to copy the Site Code. You may wish to e-mail it to the parent (lending) server. |
1.Open MxServe Monitor on the parent server. 2.Select the License Details tab. 3.Select the parent server in the Token Servers box at the top of the window. 4.Click the Lend Tokens button.
5.Paste the Site Code generated above into the Site Code box. 6.Click the Check button. The Machine and Port ID field are automatically filled. 7.If desired, enter text into the Issue To box. This optional information is for documentation purposes. 8.Enter the Token Count (number of tokens to lend), the Type to Lend, and the Lend Duration (in days). At the end of the Lend Duration, the tokens are automatically returned to the token pool on the parent server. 9.Click the Generate button to generate a License Key. 10.Click the Copy button to copy the License Key into the Windows clipboard. 11.Paste the License Key into an e-mail message or use another method to send it to the child server. |
On the child (borrowing) server:
1.Choose one of the following: •Open MxServe Monitor. •Open an MxSuite application (MxVDev, MxTransIt, or MxVDiff) and select Help->License to display the MxV License Manager. 2.Select the License Update tab. 3.Select the child server in the Server Information box. This must be the same server selected above. 4.Paste the License Key in the indicated box. 5.Click the Validate button. The tokens are added to the token pool on the child server. |
Loaned tokens are returned to the parent server automatically after the number of days specified in the Lend Duration. Use this procedure to return the tokens before they expire.
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Related Topics:
Setting Up a Second Token Pool
Viewing Token Users (Clients Tab)