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Question 7 - How to specify the number of users for an application/
feature?
By default, the number of users is equal to the hard limit of the Sentinel Key.
The Sentinel Keys come with the following “standard” hard limits: 3, 5, 10,
25, 50, 100, and 250. To set the number of users different from that, you
can specify the user limit for a license under the License/Feature Properties
dialog box. Here are the steps to open this dialog box:
1. Right-click the feature (title) in the layout. A short-cut menu appears.
2. Click Properties. The License/Feature Properties dialog box
appears.
Question 8 - For multiple applications, can I specify different user
limits?
If you are protecting multiple applications using one Sentinel Key—each
supporting different number of users in a network—you need to take care of
the following:
Distribute a network key with your suit of protected applications.
Set the user limit for each license template. However, the total number
of concurrent users cannot exceed the hard limit. There must be a
hard limit available—regardless of the user limit availability—before
a license can be obtained. For example, assume the hard limit of your
Sentinel Key is 20. If you are protecting three applications with a
single key, you could use the following user limits:
Set the user limit for application A to ten (10)
Set the user limit for application B to seven (7)
Set the user limit for application C to ten (10)
Notice that the total number of user limits (27) is greater than the
hard limit (20). This means, if ten users are running the Application
A, only ten hard limit is left. If seven users are running Application B,
only three hard limit is left for Application C. Thus, even though
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