We want to purchase a single-fixed license for one of our virtual machines and we were wondering what that is linked to? What if we have to destroy the virtual machine, then we can't reuse it?
Thanks in advance!
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1 October 2021
Yeah I think it's based on the machine ID. There are a limited number of times you can change the machine ID before the license locks you out. It is a good question for Safe. I would contact your sales rep to see what options then can help you with. Safe are usually pretty good at finding a solution and virtual machines are pretty common place now so this kind of setup should be supported.
It might be that you have to purchase one and see how it goes until you eventually get locked out. At that point you would have to contact Safe for them to give you a new one (assuming at no cost) but that would be a pain. They'd be more willing to support you if you were planning on paying for maintenance.
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1 October 2021
Hi @edidimand: yes feel free to reach out to our sales team here at Safe at sales@safe.com or contact an authorized FME Partner/Reseller in your region.
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1 October 2021
Hi @edidimand ,
As @virtualcitymatt, one of the components for single fixed licensing is based on is machine ID and you may be constantly relicensing up to the maximum retry if you are consistently destroying the VM.
A fixed license is node-locked to a single machine and can be installed on a virtual machine, as long as they are limited to a single user.
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
-Andrea
Strangely enough I have changed the ID a few times and no locks
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