This article explains how to configure checkout restrictions on the SELECTserver administration site.

Background

The majority of Bentley products utilize trust licensing to activate products. With this licensing philosophy, workstations log product usage and periodically send the usage data to a license server. However, SELECTserver provides the ability to lock or "check out" a license to a workstation for a specified duration. Checkouts are required for the following situations:

1. A product will be used apart from a network connection for more than 30 days.
2. A product license resides on a non-SELECT account. The sharing of licenses (i.e. pooled licensing) is a SELECT benefit. So licenses must be checked out to a workstation instead.
3. A product is licensed using the Bentley IEG License Service which utilizes automatic license checkouts instead of trust licensing.

Apart from the situations mentioned above, license checkouts are discouraged because they can potentially inflate usage statistics, especially if a user forgets to check in a license that is no longer needed.

Fortunately, SELECTserver provides the ability to restrict the licenses available for check out.

Important: For users of SELECTserver OnLine, Bentley's licensing solution over the Internet, a Bentley login with the Site Administrator role is required to complete the steps below.

Steps to Accomplish

Option 1 Restrict specific licenses using the Checkout Restrictions page

1. Access the SELECTserver administrator site.

2. Locate the navigation bar along the top, and select Checkout Restrictions from the Site Configuration drop-down menu.

3. Select the radio button labeled "Apply Checkout Restrictions" if not already selected. This will enable the product list immediately below it.

4. Select specific products to restrict by enabling the checkboxes on the left, and then select Disable from the drop-down menu just above the list.

5. The value in the Status column will change from Enabled to Disabled.

Products will still activate and log usage as before. The Checkout Restrictions simply prevent licenses from being checked out via the Product Activation Wizard or License Management Tool.

Important: Products that utilize the Bentley IEG License Service require license checkouts to function. These licenses should not be restricted. Please visit How products that use the Bentley IEG License Service are licensed for a list of affected products.

Option 2 Disable license checkouts completely

1. Access the SELECTserver administration site.

2. Locate the navigation bar along the top, and select Site Settings from the Site Configuration drop-down menu.

3. Locate the Checkout Settings section, and uncheck the checkbox labeled "Enable clients to check out licenses."

4. Click the Apply button in the upper right to save changes.

Products will still activate and log usage as before. The Checkout Restrictions simply prevent licenses from being checked out via the Product Activation Wizard or License Management Tool.

Important: Products that utilize the Bentley IEG License Service require license checkouts to function. These licenses should not be restricted. Please visit How products that use the Bentley IEG License Service are licensed for a list of affected products.

See Also

[[SELECTserver TechNotes and FAQs]]