Multi user licensing

Perceptive Enterprise Search multi user licensing requires one machine (usually a file server) to be designated as the Perceptive Search License Server. If you installed the product with a network license, you will be prompted for this location at install time. This machine shares a folder containing the network licenses, which must be available to any PC that installs or runs Perceptive Enterprise Search. This folder must be readable and writeable by any user who accesses Perceptive Search.

To see your network licenses:

1. From the start menu, select Start > Programs > Perceptive Enterprise Search > Perceptive Search License Manager
2. Change to the Network License Codes tab
3. Each license code will be listed in the Licensed Products section.

License Server

The license server is a shared folder that exists on your network. Perceptive Search will place its license files here that can then be accessed by all users. Perceptive Search requires that the folder is readable and writeable to all Perceptive Search users.

Seat Allocations

Seat allocation is the method by which Perceptive Search identifies your named users, Perceptive Enterprise Search supports two methods of seat allocation:

• Allocate seat based on computer name
  The seat is to be allocated to the computer, not the user. Select this option if your users use other computers and need to access Perceptive Search, this allows you to have a fixed number of licensed computers in the office, of which any user can use Perceptive Search.
• Allocate seat based on user name
  The seat is to be allocated based on the user's login name. Select this option if you have a limited number of users who can access Perceptive Search, you must select this option if using Perceptive Search with Terminal Services.

Perceptive Search will only allow the first occurrence of a named seat to acquire the license. If a second instance of Perceptive Search starts on a different machine that maps to an already in-use seat, the second instance will get a license error. See the scenario below for more information.

Self Seating

By setting self seating, the software will self allocate seats until there are none left. Each time a user launches Perceptive Search, the software will check if they have a seat allocated, and if not, auto-allocate one if there are any available. You can disable this feature if you wish to manually allocate the seats.

Licensing Scenario

Joe has a desktop computer and a notebook, both of which have Perceptive Search installed and pointing to the same License Server.

Seat allocation set to "Allocate seat based on user name"

 Joe starts Perceptive Search on his desktop computer, a license is allocated in the name of "Joe".

He then tries to start Perceptive Search on his notebook computer, without closing it on his desktop. Perceptive Search tries to allocate a license called "Joe", but cannot as there is already an active license by this name. User name seat allocation prevents him from running both copies simultaneously, he can only run one at a time.

Seat allocation set to "Allocate seat based on computer"

 Joe starts Perceptive Search on his desktop computer, a license is allocated in the name of "JoesComputer".

He then tries to start Perceptive Search on his notebook computer. Perceptive Search tries to allocate a license called "JoesLaptop" and successfully allocates the seat if there are licenses available. In this scenerio, Joe is now using two licenses, one for his notebook, one for his desktop.