Administration Menu

The functions in the Administration menu permit you to perform various tasks related to granting and releasing licences. Tasks include:

requesting a licence from GEOVIA, or loading the licences you have already received
revoking a licence that is currently in use
restarting the licence server process
reloading the tokens file so that the Licence Manager server can use new tokens that have been added to the tokens file
reconfiguring the Licence Manager server process by reloading the configuration file ssilm.cnf

Note: The functions from the Administration menu do not provide any confirmation messages when they complete. You can, however, choose View > Log to view the log file after running any of these functions. If a function completes successfully, a record of the operation appears in the log file.

Request license from GEOVIASupport.com

When you use this function, a form appears that you use to get the licences you have purchased from GEOVIA. To get your licences, click one of the following buttons:

By email: To request the licences from GEOVIA by email, you click this button.
Using the Internet: To download the licences from the GEOVIA support website, you click this button.
For detailed steps, see Adding or Updating Licences Using Self-Service Licensing.
Read licence file: To load the licences in Licence Manager from a .udt file, you click this button.
The .udt file must be saved to the computer.
Tip: Alternatively, you can use File > Open to load a .udt file.

Revoke

You use this function to revoke a licence that is in use. This feature is useful when all licences are in use and another user requires a licence to complete an urgent task. Revoking a licence requires that you know the licence ID of the licence you want to revoke.

Tip: If you do not know the licence ID, choose Report > Licences to view a report that includes the licence ID, the user name, and the state of the licence.

Note: Licences that are in a standby state are automatically revoked by the Licence Manager, and the licence is granted to satisfy a request for a new licence.

When revoking a licence, it is recommended that you revoke a licence that is in an idle state because the licence is not actively being used.

The licence is immediately revoked and is made available for use by a different person.

The user whose licence is revoked can still complete their session. However, the program they are using has a restricted range of functions so that the user can save any unsaved work and exit properly.

Note: If the user continues to use the licence that has been revoked, the user receives an unlicensed error from the program. Also, an error appears in the Licence Manager log file.

Restart

You use this function to restart the licence server process.

After you change the Licence Manager properties (Edit > Properties), it is sometimes necessary to restart the licence server process so that the updated settings become active.

When you run this function, the Licence Manager service process receives a restart message. The Licence Manager server then reads the configuration file, share\etc\ssilm.cnf, and uses the new properties.

Note: If there are active client sessions and you changed the UDP port number, the changes to the UDP port number do not take effect. The UDP port number property cannot be changed for active sessions. For the Licence Manager service to use a different port number, you must stop the Licence Manager service, and then start the Licence Manager service.

Reload

You use this function to reload the tokens file that is used by the Licence Manager server process.

Note: You rarely use this function because the tokens file is automatically reloaded whenever you choose File > Save to save changes to the tokens file.

Reconfigure

You use this function to make the Licence Manager server process use the properties defined in the ssilm.cnf file.

Note: When you change the properties using Edit > Properties and then click OK, the Licence Manager server process is automatically reconfigured. As a result, you rarely use this function.