Overview

You manage your product licensing by using the Micro Focus License Administration tool.

On Windows, you can use both a GUI interface and a command-line version of the Micro Focus License Administration tool. On UNIX, only a command-line version is available.

When you install your Micro Focus product, the Micro Focus AutoPass Daemon license server is also installed to manage your license. Depending on how your site administers licenses, you can request licenses from a central license server.

Important: The SafeNet Sentinel licensing system that was available with previous releases of this product has been deprecated and is no longer available in release 10.0. This product uses the Micro Focus AutoPass licensing technology, first introduced in release 8.0, and AutoPass is now the only licensing technology available in this product.

The SafeNet Sentinel licenses are no longer supported, and you need to use AutoPass licenses starting with release 10.0. Contact OpenText Support for Micro Focus Products to replace your existing SafeNet Sentinel with AutoPass licenses.

Network license server

If your site has multiple licenses and you want to use a network license server to manage them, install the Micro Focus License Administration tool that is supplied with your product. Individual workstations can then be configured to obtain a license from the license server machine.

Uninstalling a product

Uninstalling a Micro Focus product that uses the Micro Focus AutoPass Daemon does not remove the license(s) that you have activated for that product, nor does it uninstall the daemon and the license server. We recommend that before you uninstall the Micro Focus product, you uninstall the licenses for it.

Note: Installing 10.0 on a machine where there are other Micro Focus products or versions installed that use SafeNet Sentinel licensing might result in some compatibility issues. While the 10.0 installation process has been designed to address such issues, you should be aware of the following scenarios and if any action might be required to ensure licensing works as expected. See Advanced Installation Tasks > Licensing Coexistence when Upgrading to Release 10.0 in the Installation section.