Floating licenses

You can purchase floating licenses, and then install the licenses on Rational License Key Server to access Rational® Test Automation Server.

When you log in to Rational® Test Automation Server as a new user, you must consider the following conditions:

• The No licenses configured dialog box is displayed.

• The New Project button is disabled.

• The No licenses configured dialog box is displayed if you click the User icon , and then Configure Licenses.

Users can create projects in Rational® Test Automation Server after the administrator configures the licenses. If the users access the Configure Licenses option, they can view only the following information in the Available licenses dialog box:

• The number of licenses that are currently in use.

• The total number of floating licenses that are configured by the administrator.

• The value of Rational License Key Server that is set during the installation of Rational® Test Automation Server.

• The name and email ID of the users that are configured as prioritized floating users by the administrator.

The addition of the Prioritized Floating Users option in the Configure License window enables the administrator to add users to the prioritized users list. The prioritized floating users do not return their floating licenses to the license pool when they log out from Rational® Test Automation Server. Thereby, Rational License Key Server ensures that the licenses are always available for the prioritized users. This feature is useful for those users who generate offline tokens that are used for long-run tests even though when the members are logged out of Rational® Test Automation Server.

A single floating license is used when the user performs any of the following tasks for the first time on Rational® Test Automation Server:

• Create a project as your first action after you log in.

• Log in subsequently and open a project that you created as your first action.

• Open a project of which you are already a member as your first action after you log in.

• Run tests on any of the third-party applications that are integrated with Rational® Test Automation Server.

The floating license that was assigned to you is returned to the license pool when you perform any of the following actions:

• Log out from Rational® Test Automation Server.

  Remember: If the users are added as prioritized users, they do not return license though they have logged out of Rational® Test Automation Server.

• End session on Rational® Test Automation Server or session is timed out.

• Complete the test runs on any of the third-party applications that are integrated with Rational® Test Automation Server.