Rational Synergy licenses

Rational® Synergy is licensed by user. Two kinds of licenses are discussed in this topic: Named user license and floating user license.

Named user license

A named user license is reserved for a specific user who is specified by login identification. Named user licenses are good for users who need frequent access to the database and must always be able to start sessions no matter how many other people are using the product. For example, it is a good idea to have named user licenses for administrators and build managers.

Floating user license

A floating user license enables multiple users to share the same license. For example, two users occasionally perform work in the database, such as once or twice a day. The users synchronize their source files and complete tasks. Those users can share a floating license rather than purchasing two named user licenses. Therefore, a team of 10 engineers might share five floating licenses, depending on how frequently they perform operations in the database. A user can use a floating license only if a license is available.

License usage

Starting a session does not consume a license. Only operations that update the underlying database consume a license, such as file check out, task creation, task completion, and so on. After a license is consumed by a user, that license is reserved for that user for 60 minutes after the last database update while the session is running. If the user exits the session, the license is released immediately.

A single Rational Synergy installation can have a combination of named user and floating user licenses.

All features are available to all users for both named and floating licenses. There is no geographic restriction on the use of licenses.

Some Rational Synergy integrations hold a license for the duration of time the user is running the integration. Source-code related operations performed through the integration can then be updated in the database. In this case, the user can exit the visible session, but the integration is still running a session behind the scenes on behalf of the user.

Obtain a license

Rational Synergy uses IBM® Rational Common Licensing. You must install IBM Rational License Key Server version 8.1.1 or later and request a new license. Rational License Key Server is a FLEXlm-based license server that manages licenses for IBM Rational products. For more information about Rational Common Licensing, see Understanding licensing for Rational Synergy and the Rational Common Licensing information center.


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