Exceed onDemand A Technical Whitepaper

Exceed onDemand 5 — A Technical Whitepaper
Licensing
Since Exceed onDemand is a server-based PC X server, access is controlled by license keys (as is often
true of server-based software) and the license manager on Exceed onDemand Server. A company is
entitled to a fixed number of licenses based on the purchase agreement. The number of licenses and
the type of licenses are reflected in the Activation Key that is provided. Exceed onDemand Server can
accept multiple Activation Keys and they are cumulative.
License Types
Users will be receiving one of the following two types of licenses from Hummingbird at the time
of purchase:
Shared or Server-based License — One license is used per active X session. When a user ends or
suspends a session, the occupied license is released and can then be re-used by other users. When
all licenses are in use, no user can start an X session until a license becomes available.
Assigned or Named License — The number of active user accounts cannot exceed the number
of licenses purchased. If, for example, five assigned licenses are installed, only the first five users
who are granted active accounts can start X sessions. These five users then share the five licenses
as described above. If any other user needs access, then the administrator must either deactivate
one of the five user accounts or acquire extra licenses.
Some Simple Rules:
> The license types of all licenses on an Exceed onDemand Server must be identical.
Exceed onDemand Server does not accept mixed license types.
> The first time a user launches Exceed onDemand Client and creates a session or joins
a shared session, one license is deducted from the license pool, provided the pool has
at least one license available.
> If the same user launches another Exceed onDemand Client from the same PC to the same
Exceed onDemand Server and creates another session, the user uses the same license that
he or she received previously. No additional license is deducted from the pool.
> If the user launches Exceed onDemand Client from another PC, or connects to another
Exceed onDemand Server, then one license is deducted from the Exceed onDemand Server
that is hosting the session.
> If the user terminates or suspends the last Exceed onDemand session that is connected
to an Exceed onDemand Server, the license is returned to the pool for circulation.
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