Hi,
I have 5 fixed licenses of FME Desktop Smallworld Edition.
Is it possible to install FME on to 5 virtual instances, that any user within my team can remote in to and use? I understand this would be limited to one user per instance. Therefore meaning the license is on the node, not on a named user?
In an ideal world, we would have floating licenses, but this is not possible.
Thanks,
Steve
Yes, that is possible, as long as the VM has a fixed MAC address.
VM's usually have a virtual network card that can be set to a fixed (not changing) MAC address.
Hi @steveway,
Yup, you've got it. Fixed licenses are node locked, and can be installed on a virtual machine as long as they are limited to a single user. And as @erik_jan mentions, make sure the MAC address is fixed. This article, while specifically talking about cloud machines, is valid for all virtual machines. https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/60408/fme-desktop-on-amazon-aws-ec2.html
Cheers,
Cat