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steve_mcclung
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10 years ago
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TestComplete License Manager Installation

I was going to install the License Manager on our virtual server until I found out I cannot do this for Floating Licenses.  I was going to install TestComplete on 5 workstations and identify the VM a...
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    joseph_michaud
    10 years ago

    While you can run a License Manager on a VM, the constraints imposed by the licensing system make using a VM worse than using a physical machine if you can't control how the VM is managed.  If you have the choice of using a physical machine, take it.

     

    As for using the same machine to run TestComplete and serve licenses,.... yes, you can do that.  In fact, you have the same license server bits already installed as part of the TestComplete installation.  (The License Manager installation is just a repackaging of only the license server bits and pretty interface, and no TestComplete bits.)

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joseph_michaud
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10 years ago

While you can run a License Manager on a VM, the constraints imposed by the licensing system make using a VM worse than using a physical machine if you can't control how the VM is managed.  If you have the choice of using a physical machine, take it.

 

As for using the same machine to run TestComplete and serve licenses,.... yes, you can do that.  In fact, you have the same license server bits already installed as part of the TestComplete installation.  (The License Manager installation is just a repackaging of only the license server bits and pretty interface, and no TestComplete bits.)

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steve_mcclung
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

Thanks your input helped me to resolve my issue.

I have another problem.  Trying to install TestComplete1130 on another PC here for another tester.  He had the trial version at one time.  Now, after his installation, the dialog box comes up indicating the Trial license has expired.  There is an option that says "Try to Find a License Again, if you have a floating user license activated on your network."  but when he clicks on it nothing happens.  When I did my installation the link took me to a configuration page and I was able to enter the search paramaters for our license manager server.  Thanks in advance for you feedback.