Served licenses overview

Served licenses overview

JetStream served (floating) licensing allows you to set up and manage all or some of your licenses on a server and access them from client PCs, giving you simpler, more central management of NavisWorks licenses. Setting up NavisWorks served licenses is a two stage process - first you have to install the licenses on the server and then you have to connect to the server from the client PCs that will be using JetStream.

Setting up the server

Setting up the server

The server installation works in the same way as a fixed installation, except that it installs a service that constantly runs in the background to serve the licenses from the server. Make sure that you use either the Server or Custom install method to install the JetStream License Server for server installations - served licenses will not work without this service.

You can install the License Manager independently of the full NavisWorks program for minimal installs on the server. The minimum you need to install is the JetStream License Server and the NavisWorks License Manager. Once running, you should see a JetStream Licensing service in the Services section of your administration tools in Windows.

If JetStream has just been installed on the machine, the Installation Wizard will automatically run. When asked for what type of license you wish to set up, choose "Install licenses on this machine". If you are returning to this machine to set up the license, you can choose Request License from the License Wizard menu.

Finally, use the License Manager in exactly the same way as for a stand-alone installation to enter the serial numbers of all the products you have purchased and register them with NavisWorks Ltd. See for full details on how to do this. When your licenses are installed on the server, start the JetStream licensing service from the Services section of your administration tools in Windows. You can then set up the client machines.

Setting up a client

Setting up a client

On the client PC, install JetStream as if installing a fixed license (you do NOT install the License Server option for the clients). If JetStream has just been installed on the machine, the License Wizard will automatically run. When asked for what type of license you wish to set up, choose "Use licenses from a remote server". If you are returning to this machine to set up the client license, you can choose Network Server from the License Wizard menu. The following dialog is displayed:

If active, check the "Enable Network License Server Usage" check box. In the upper text box type in, or browse to, the server where your JetStream Licenses are installed and being served from. This should be the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the server. If only the name of the server is supplied, the default domain for the client PC will be used to create a fully qualified domain name. The Server FQDN is displayed in the Machine Name field of the Advanced tab on the Server machine.

The lower text box shows the port number that will be used to communicate with the server. You should only change this if instructed to do so by your server administrator. See the section called "Setting the Network Server Port" for more information.

Click Finish to complete the process. The Network Modules tab will be displayed, listing all licenses being served from the Server you're connected to and identifying those licenses Accessible from your client machine. See the section called "Network Modules" for more information.

When JetStream now starts, it should get its licenses from the Server.