Licensing Options with Anyware Manager as a Service

With Anyware Manager as a Service, you can choose to put all your licenses into a single "cloud based" licensing pool or you can setup your own local PCoIP License Server if you require more advanced options.

How to Choose?¶

Use a Cloud License Server if you not need the advanced features of the local PCoIP License Server and do not want the overhead of deploying and managing the PCoIP License Server.

Use the PCoIP License Server if your use case includes one or more of the following advanced features or scenario's:

• Your remote workstations do not have access to the internet.
• You want to use an offline (dark site) activation process.
• You want to divide your license pool into multiple pools for multiple users.
• You want to actively track license usage.

Cloud License Server¶

This is a license server managed by us that exists in the cloud. Users must obtain a license key for it and enter it into the Connector during the installation process. You must enter this key in the Admin Console when creating a deployment.

PCoIP License Server¶

The PCoIP License Server is a standalone software application that runs on a Linux (RHEL or CentOS) machine, and handles both PCoIP session license registrations and PCoIP session request authorization. If you want to use the PCoIP License Server with Anyware Manager as a Service you need to have a PCoIP License Server activation code.

When a PCoIP Agent attempts to establish a new PCoIP session, it will request authorization from the assigned PCoIP License Server. The PCoIP License Server checks to see if an activated PCoIP session license is available in its trusted storage, and authorizes the session. Each PCoIP session activation consumes one PCoIP session license. For more information on the PCoIP License Server, see here.

You can enter in the FQDN or IP address into the Connector during the installation process using the --local-license-server-url flag.

Licensing Features¶

The following table outlines the features supported for both licensing types

Licensing Features Comparison

For more information on Licensing with HP, see here.

Using Cloud Licensing with Anyware Manager as a Service¶

If you are using Anyware Manager as a Service you will need a PCoIP registration code (format: XXXXX@YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY)

A PCoIP Agent configured for a cloud license server will continue to use the cloud license server even if the PCoIP License Server has been configured in the Connector.

Installation Steps¶

• When installing the Connector, use your registration code to register with the HP licensing system. For more information on installing the Connector, see here.

All PCoIP connections will check the Cloud Licensing service prior to enabling a connection. You will be limited to the amount of sessions you have configured, for example if you are configured to have 5 concurrent sessions, the licensing system will limit you to 5 sessions. If you require more connections, you can scale up or down the cloud-based licensing pool by purchasing additional cloud-based licenses.

Using a PCoIP License Server with Anyware Manager as a Service¶

If you have chosen to use a PCoIP License Server, you will need:

• PCoIP registration code
• Activation code(s)

Installation Steps¶

1. Install a local PCoIP License Server in your environment. For more information on this, see here.
2. Activate the licenses using your activation codes.
3. Once the PCoIP License Server has been installed, record your FQDN or IP address of the PCoIP License Server.
4. Install the Connector(s), use your registration code to register with the HP licensing system. In addition, you will need to enter the FQDN or IP address obtain in the previous step by entering the --local-license-server-url flag at installation. This is an optional flag, so if you do not provide it then the installer will not ask for it.

For more information on installing the Anyware Connecter, see here.

All PCoIP connections will check your PCoIP License server prior to enabling a connection. You will be limited to the amount of sessions you have configured, for example if you are configured to have 5 concurrent sessions, the licensing system will limit you to 5 sessions. If you require more connections, you can scale up or down by purchasing additional PCoIP License Server licenses. For each license you purhcase you will receive an activation code. You will be required to manually install these on your PCoIP License Server. It is possible to have licenses both in the cloud and on your local PCoIP License Server. The system will always check the cloud license system first and if there are no available licenses, it will then check with the PCoIP License Server.

Licensing Requirements with Anyware Manager as a Service¶

• Anyware Manager as a Service requires a Cloud License Server registration code to be entered in the Admin Console when creating a deployment.
• The user can install the PCoIP License Server URL directly into the Connector during installation.
• Any remote workstations provisioned by Anyware Manager as a Service will need to use the Cloud License Server for licensing purposes.
• Any remote workstation without a Cloud License Server license already installed, will need to use the PCoIP License Server URL from the Connector to obtain a license.

Licensing Priority Levels

Licenses will be acquired based on the following priority levels:

• PCoIP License Server address setting from GPO.
• Cloud License Server.
• PCoIP License Server address from the PCoIP Connection Manager.

These priority levels come from the PCoIP Agent, Please check the PCoIP Agent documentation for changes or updates:

• PCoIP Standard Agent for Windows
• PCoIP Standard Agent for Linux
• PCoIP Graphics Agent for Windows
• PCoIP Graphics Agent for Linux