Use NI License Manager to check out licenses from a volume license server.

Setting up Volume License Server Access

Use License Manager to enable the use of a volume license server.

Note You must have a Volume License Agreement with NI to access a volume license server to check out NI products.

A volume license server is a computer that is used to manage volume licenses for NI products on a given network. For details on your company's volume license server, contact your volume license administrator. For more information about the NI Volume License Program, visit the NI Volume License Program for Software web page.

Note To check out a license from your Volume License Manager, set your volume license server to localhost or 127.0.0.1. Volume License Manager must run on the same computer as License Manager.
  1. Select » Manage Volume License Servers.
  2. Enter the names of the volume license servers on which your NI products should check for licenses. Separate these names with commas.
    Note You can configure your products to check a specific port on a volume license server. Enter the following, separated by a colon:
    • volume license server name
    • port number
    27000 is implied when there is no port specified. Ports range from 1-64000, inclusive. For example, if you enter server1, server2:28001, server3 and launch a product that requires a license. Your product first checks port 27000 of server1 for a valid license, then moves to port 28001 of server2, port 27000 of server3, and finally your local system. If your product does not find a license on any of the volume license servers or your local system, your product will not start.
    Table 2. Examples of valid server entries.
    Server Entry Syntax Example
    Server name server server1
    Server's network name server.domain.com server1.ni.com
    Server's IP address IP Address 127.0.0.2
    Server name with specified port server[:port] server2:27000
    Server's network name with specified port server.domain.com[:port] server3.ni.com:28432
    "Triple redundant" server server, server, server server1, server2, server3
  3. Click OK.

Removing Volume License Server Access

Use License Manager to remove a volume license server.

  1. Select » Manage Volume License Servers.
  2. Delete the server entry that you no longer wish to access.
  3. Click OK.

Requesting Group Membership from a Volume License Server

Use NI License Manager to request group membership from volume license servers running NI Volume License Manager 3.0 or later.

Group membership allows you to access all software products available to that group.

Note If you are requesting group membership while activating a license, see Requesting Group Membership During License Activation .
  1. Click Network Licenses.
  2. Select the server for which you want to request group membership.
    If there is more than one server, select the tab with the server to change.
  3. Click the Manage Client link.
  4. Complete the form that appears.
    Note Fields marked with an asterisk are required.

    The amount of the form you have to complete depends on the situation.

    SituationAction
    Different software user and computer owner Complete both sides of the form
    Same software user and computer owner Complete one side of the form and click Copy all to computer or Copy all to user to copy the information to the other half of the form
  5. Select the groups you want to join.
  6. Click Send Request.
    Note You may want to record the Administrator Information in case you need to contact the volume license administrator in the future.
After the volume license server accepts your request, you can check out licenses for any NI software included in that group.

Requesting Group Membership During License Activation

Request group membership from volume license servers during the license activation process.

Group membership allows you to access all software products available to that group.

Note If you are requesting group membership using NI License Manager, see Requesting Group Membership from a Volume License Server..
  1. Choose Connect to a volume license server from the drop-down menu while activating a license.
  2. Enter the server address or host name of the server for which you want to request group membership.
  3. Click Connect.
  4. Select one or more user groups to join and click Next.
  5. Fill out the Admin request form as requested by your volume license administrator.
  6. Optional: If you want to enter different information for user and computer groups, uncheck Use the same information for computer and user groups.
  7. Click Submit.
You can check the status of your submitted request by clicking Check Status. After the administrator approves your request, you can check out licenses for any NI software included in that group.

Updating Information on the Volume License Server

Use NI License Manager to update your user or computer information on volume license servers running NI Volume License Manager 3.0 and later.

  1. Click Network Licenses.
  2. Select the server to which you want to send updated information.
    If there is more than one server, select the tab with the server to change.
  3. Click the Manage Client link.
  4. Complete the form that appears.
  5. Click Send Request.

Switching between Licenses on a Volume License Server

Use License Manager to switch between software licenses.

This feature is available only for concurrent licenses hosted by a volume license server.

Note
  • Concurrent license switching works on products shipped after August 2008, such as LabVIEW 8.6.
  • Non-concurrent license switching works on products shipped after May 2017, such as LabVIEW NXG.
If you are using managed concurrent licenses, you must have permission assigned on the volume license server. Contact the administrator of your volume license agreement for assistance with assigning permissions.

License Manager looks for all licenses available on the volume license server.

If your volume license includes concurrent licenses for multiple types of the same product, you can switch between concurrent licenses to use a specific product type. For example, you have concurrent licenses for LabVIEW Professional and LabVIEW Full. You need only LabVIEW Full, disable license checkout for LabVIEW Professional to save the license for another user.

Use License Manager to switch licenses by disabling and enabling volume licenses.

  1. Disable the use of a specific volume license
    1. Click Network Licenses.
    2. Select the product listed under a volume license server in the tree.
    3. In the Actions section, click Disable, if the node selected in the tree allows it.
    The license status changes to red to indicate the volume license is disabled.
  2. Enable the use of the specific volume license.
    1. Click Network Licenses.
    2. Select the product listed under a volume license server in the tree.
    3. In the Actions section, click Enable, if the node selected in the tree allows it.
    The license status changes from red (concurrent) or gray (non-concurrent) to green to indicate the volume license is enabled.