AVEVA Licensing System
- Last UpdatedJan 15, 2025
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The AVEVA Licensing System (ALS) consists of two license servers:
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A Rights Management System (RMS) license server provided by Gemalto.
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A Reserved User Licensing Enforcement System (RULES) license server proprietary to AVEVA.
The license servers work in a cooperative manner that effectively allows the delivery of licenses from a single "pool" of licenses. This means that different applications, that are licensed with different technologies, are able to share those license features. This is of particular benefit when customers use different versions of the same application which are licensed with RMS. Products can be licensed without the need to purchase duplicate sets of licenses for each license server.
In general, new AVEVA products are licensed via the RULES server, and more recent AVEVA products are licensed with RMS.
The following diagram shows a typical ALS configuration using the default license server ports:
The ALS consists of the following components:
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RMS License Server |
Services license requests from RMS-enabled applications. |
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RMS License File |
Contains the licenses that can be served by the RMS License Server and the RULES license server. |
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Usage Log |
A log file written by the RMS License Server that contains details of license check-out and check-in operations performed by RMS-enabled applications. |
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RULES License Server |
Services license requests for RULES-enabled applications. RULES is also a proxy for all RMS licenses. Refer to RULES Server for further information. |
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RULES Log |
A log file written by the RULES server. |
There are two ports configured in the ALS, one for each license server.
The RMS License Server effectively "controls"check-out and check-in operations based on the licenses present in the RMS license file.
The RULES license server acts as a proxy for RMS licensing. Refer to RULES Server for further information.
Log Files
The contents of the RMS Usage Log file, and the RULES log file, reflect the operations of each license server and the use of licenses by each kind of AVEVA application.
ALS Windows Services
The two ALS license servers are configured to run as Windows Services. They can be identified by the following names in the Windows Services panel:
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RMS License Server |
Sentinel RMS License Manager_AVEVA |
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RULES License Server |
AVEVA RULES Server |
AVEVA License System Console
To make sure that the ALS can be correctly and easily administered, an AVEVA License System Console has been provided that grants easy access to the administrative tasks that most customers are likely to undertake and presents the underlying licensing systems in a unified fashion. The ALS Console provides easy access to the following functionality:
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Starting/Stopping the ALS
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License File Installation
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ALS Server Status Query
Client Configuration Tool
The ALS Client Configuration Tool has been provided so that client PCs can be easily configured with details of up to three AVEVA Licensing Systems.
The Client configuration tool provides easy access to the Server Port Configuration.