HP ZCentral User Manual
HP ZCentral Software Licensing Guide
SUMMARY
This document describes licensing of HP ZCentral Remote Boost Software and HP ZCentral Connect Software. Remote
Boost licensing applies to Remote Boost Sender only; Remote Boost Receiver can be used freely.
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Table of contents
1 Remote Boost licensing overview..........................................................................................................................................1
Remote Boost License types .............................................................................................................................................1
Remote Boost oating licenses.........................................................................................................................................1
Remote Boost version number..........................................................................................................................................2
Remote Boost license version date ................................................................................................................................... 3
Remote Boost license policy..............................................................................................................................................3
2 Installing a local license key le ............................................................................................................................................4
Conguring Remote Boost Sender to access a local license key le on Windows............................................................4
Conguration during Remote Boost Sender installation..........................................................................................4
Conguration after Remote Boost Sender Installation.............................................................................................4
Conguring Remote Boost Sender to access a local license key le on Linux..................................................................5
3 Installing and conguring the FLEXnet license server.......................................................................................................... 6
Before you install the license server ................................................................................................................................. 6
License server port conguration .....................................................................................................................................7
Installing the license server on Windows.......................................................................................................................... 7
Starting and stopping the license server on Windows......................................................................................................7
Using LMTOOLS..................................................................................................................................................................8
Installing the license server on Linux................................................................................................................................ 8
Accessing the Remote Boost oating license .................................................................................................................10
Conguring Remote Boost Sender to access a oating license..............................................................................10
Down, missing, or moved oating license servers..........................................................................................................10
Hosting multiple license key les....................................................................................................................................11
4 Connect licensing overview .................................................................................................................................................12
Connect license types......................................................................................................................................................12
Connect version number..................................................................................................................................................12
Connect license version date...........................................................................................................................................13
Connect license policy .....................................................................................................................................................13
Providing a hostname and quantity................................................................................................................................14
Installing a ZCentral Connect license le.................................................................................................................14
Appendix A Troubleshooting licensing ...................................................................................................................................15
Troubleshooting Remote Boost Sender licensing...........................................................................................................15
Troubleshooting the FLEXnet license server ..................................................................................................................15
Troubleshooting Connect licensing.................................................................................................................................15
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Contacting HP for licensing support................................................................................................................................16
Appendix B Cleaning registry references to the Flexnet license server ................................................................................17
Appendix C Uninstalling the FLEXnet License Server on Windows........................................................................................18
Appendix D Uninstalling the FLEXnet License Server on Linux..............................................................................................19
Index ........................................................................................................................................................................................20
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Remote Boost licensing overview1
This section describes licensing of HP ZCentral Remote Boost Software. Remote Boost licensing applies to
Remote Boost Sender only; Remote Boost Receiver can be used freely.
NOTE: Remote Boost does not require a license on HP Z series desktop workstations or HP ZBook mobile
workstations.
For detailed Remote Boost information, see the latest version of the HP ZCentral Remote Boost Software
User Guide that is bundled with HP ZCentral Remote Boost, available at http://www.hp.com/go/zcentral. This
website might also contain a more recent version of this licensing guide.
Remote Boost Sender licensing is based on a license key that is obtained from HP after you purchase Remote
Boost. The license key is saved in a license key le, which is checked each time a Remote Boost connection is
established.
You can download, install, and run Remote Boost Sender to verify connection without a license key le. If the
license key le is missing or invalid, you will still be able to view and interact with the remote desktop, but a
notication will be displayed in your viewing window indicating that the Remote Boost Sender is unlicensed.
Remote Boost License types
The following Remote Boost license types are available.
● Local license—A local license key le must be stored on each computer running Remote Boost Sender.
The following local license types are available:
– Standard license—This license type fully activates a single instance of Remote Boost Sender on any
supported computer.
– Trial license—HP also oers a free, 60-day trial license for Remote Boost Sender.
● Floating license—Floating licenses are stored on a license server. This license type is ideal for
deployments with many potential Remote Boost users but limited simultaneous use. Licenses are
checked out on a concurrent-use basis up to the number purchased. For details, see Remote Boost
oating licenses on page 1.
For information about downloading Remote Boost and purchasing a license, go to http://www.hp.com/go/
zcentral.
NOTE: Except for the 60-day trial license, Remote Boost licenses never expire. However, a new license
purchase is required to upgrade to a newer major version of Remote Boost. For more information, see
Remote Boost license policy on page 3.
Remote Boost
When you purchase oating licenses, you receive a pool of Remote Boost Licenses. These licenses are
dynamically allocated on a rst-come, rst-served basis whenever Remote Boost Receiver attempts to
connect to Remote Boost Sender. A oating license is checked out when you establish a connection to Remote
Boost Sender and is checked in when the connection terminates.
oating licenses
Remote Boost licensing overview
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If multiple receivers are connecting to a single sender (for example, when conducting a collaboration session),
only one license is used by Remote Boost Sender. This happens when the rst Remote Boost connection is
established.
Floating licenses allow a company to purchase, for example, 75 licenses but support a user community of
perhaps hundreds of users, as long as no more than 75 users ever attempt to establish connections with
separate Remote Boost Senders simultaneously.
Floating licenses require a license server, which can be installed on one of the computers running Remote
Boost Sender, or the license server can be installed on a separate computer. Remote Boost includes an
installer for the FLEXnet license server. For installation information, see Installing and conguring the
FLEXnet license server on page 6.
Remote Boost version number
The Remote Boost version number contains the three components shown in this section.
NOTE: The version numbering changed between HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) and HP ZCentral
Remote Boost. The last version of RGS is 7.7.x and the rst version of Remote Boost is 2020.0.
Figure 1-1 Remote Boost version number components
Table 1-1 Remote Boost version number components
Item Description
1. Primary release number—A primary release contains suicient changes such that interoperability with the prior primary
2. Minor release number—When the number is not zero, it represents a minor release, which typically introduces new
3. Patch release number—When the number is not zero, it represents a patch release, which is typically only for xing major
release is not guaranteed by HP. For example, a connection between dierent primary releases of HP ZCentral Remote
Boost Sender and HP ZCentral Remote Boost Receiver might not function at an acceptable quality, or at all.
features or enhances existing functionality, as well as including changes from any previous patch releases. A connection
between dierent minor releases (but the same primary release) of HP ZCentral Remote Boost Sender and HP ZCentral
Remote Boost Receiver should function at an acceptable level of quality.
security issues or defects. A connection between dierent patch releases (but the same primary release) of HP ZCentral
Remote Boost Sender and HP ZCentral Remote Boost Receiver should function at an acceptable quality.
NOTE: Each release of Remote Boost is a complete release of the entire product, regardless of which
components have changed.
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Chapter 1 Remote Boost licensing overview
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