By default, when you install Rational Project Conductor, a total of 250 trial Client Access Licenses are available. The trial licenses have limited validity. You must acquire a product activation kit with permanent licenses to use the product after the trial license expiration date.
Rational Project Conductor provides two Client Access License types for using Rational Project Conductor features, and a separate ClearQuest Connector Client Access License for using the ClearQuest Connector feature. One of the two Rational Project Conductor Client Access Licenses must be assigned to a user in order to use Rational Project Conductor.
The types of Rational Project Conductor Client Access Licenses and the associated permissions are described in the table below.
Client Access License | Description |
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No Client Access License |
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Project team |
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Project manager |
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ClearQuest connector |
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An IBM Rational Authorized User license permits a single, specific individual to use a Rational software product. Purchasers must obtain an Authorized User license for each individual user who accesses the product in any manner. An Authorized User license cannot be reassigned unless the purchaser replaces the original assignee on a long-term or permanent basis.
For example, if you purchase one Authorized User license, you can assign that license to one specific individual, who can then use the Rational software product. The Authorized User license does not entitle a second person to use that product at any time, even if the licensed individual is not actively using it.
An IBM Rational Floating license is a license for a single software product that can be shared among multiple team members; however, the total number of concurrent users cannot exceed the number of floating licenses you purchase. To use floating licenses, you must obtain floating license keys and install them on a License Server. The server responds to end-user requests for access to the license keys; it will grant access to the number of concurrent users that matches the number of licenses the organization purchased.
A floating Client Access License (CAL) enables multiple users to share the same CAL. For example, if two users only occasionally use Rational Project Conductor, such as once or twice a day to enter timesheets, then those users can share a floating CAL instead of purchasing two separate permanent CALs. A single server can administer and monitor CAL purchase counts and usage, and distribute CALs to more than one Jazz™ Team Server.
A user who is assigned a floating CAL can only use the supported CAL functions if there is an available copy of a CAL. For example, if a server administrator purchases three floating Contributor CALs and assigns them to five users, then only three users can use the CALs at the same time. CAL usage starts when a user performs their first server operation that requires the CAL. A user holds the CAL until 2 hours after their last server operation. If a user acquires a CAL at 9 AM and edits work items until 9:24 AM, then the user holds the CAL until 11:24 AM.
You can simplify floating CAL usage administration and tracking by using a single server to distribute all floating CALs in a multiple Jazz Team Server environment. Select a server that can hold the floating CALs, such as an existing server that runs as a Jazz Team Server and floating CAL server. After installing floating CALs on a server, you can use the Admin Web UI to configure other servers to point to the floating CAL server, then those servers can assign and use the floating CALs.
To determine whether to install a new server to only manage floating CALs or to re-use an existing Jazz Team Server as a CAL server, consider the following: