13. License Management

This chapter describes AccuRev license management -- the types of licenses supported by AccuRev’s license management software, Reprise License Manager (RLM), how they work and how to set them up, and how to set up authentication for the RLM server.

AccuRev Product Licenses

AccuRev provides these product licenses:

•	Enterprise (AccuRev SCM plus AccuWork)

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AccuWork

•	AccuReplica

•	GitCentric

Replica licenses allow one of the other product licenses listed above to be used on a replica server. See Replication Server Licenses on page 127 for more information.

Standard/Flexible Licenses

RLM supports two license types for each AccuRev product:

•	Standard -- a “floating” license that is valid for one week. A standard license is appropriate for users who need guaranteed access to AccuRev for an extended period of time.

•	Flexible -- a “floating” license that is valid for one day (24 hours). A flexible license can be used by multiple users who need less-frequent, non-guaranteed access to AccuRev.

An important feature of RLM is the ability for a company to select 7-day standard licenses or 24-hour flexible licenses depending on the usage pattern of the end users.

For example, assume that your company employs 100 software developers. If your developers use AccuRev every day to get their job done, you probably would want to get standard licenses which ensure that your developers will always be able to have access to AccuRev whenever they need it.

However, if your developers typically work on several other projects which may not be under AccuRev control, or if you have other employees such QA or documentation people who may only require occasional access to AccuRev, you may find flexible licenses are more cost-effective.

Rather than purchasing 100 standard licenses to accommodate every user who might ever require access to AccuRev-controlled files, you might instead purchase fewer flexible licenses that can be used as needed. The optimal number of licenses would, of course, need to be determined by you and your AccuRev representative, based on your specific work patterns and requirements.

Note that you cannot mix standard and flexible licenses on the same server.