Licensing

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview:

7.2.x

Use this tab to license dataPARC applications. Once all license request information has been filled in, the system administrator will click the Generate Request File button to create an XML file that will be processed by Capstone.

PARCSecurity Permissions

PARCsecurity Console should be configured for the following permissions for rights to System Configuration elements.

• DataPARC Admin: Grants administrative access to PARCview.
• System Config Process Area: Grants access to the Process Area tab in System Configuration.
• System Config Process Tags: Grants access to the Process Tags tab in System Configuration.
• System Config Reason/Evidence/Category: Grants access to the Reason, Evidence and Category tabs in System Configuration.

Configuration

Site: The Site tab is used for requesting a site license for a particular application. For site licenses, the system administrator needs to choose the appropriate application in the Application drop down.

PC Based: The PC Based tab is used for requesting licenses for a particular application for specific client PCs. After filling in the appropriate application in the Application drop down, the system administrator also needs to fill in the host name and/or IP address of the client PC they wish to license. The system administrator will be prompted to provide a domain account that is in the local Administrators group of the remote computer(s). If a remote computer is unable to be reached, the row of the request will be highlighted. The system administrator will be asked if they wish to proceed with generating the file. If they choose to proceed, license requests for remote computers that could not be reached will be left out of the request file.

Floating Count: The Floating Count tab is used for requesting floating count licenses for a particular application. After filling in the appropriate application in the Application drop down, the system administrator also needs to fill in maximum number of floating count licenses. The floating license count is stored as an encrypted key in the ctc_config database. When a user starts the licensed application utilizing a floating license the database will see this and reserve a key until licensed application is closed on the machine then making it available to the next client.

Temporary: The Floating Count tab is used to view the active floating count licenses for a particular application. In this tab you can see the PC’s network information to find out who holds a floating license. You can use the menu options to view only a specific application, Process ID, Host Name or User.

Floating Count Monitor: The Floating Count tab is used to view the active floating count licenses for a particular application. In this tab you can see the PC’s network information to find out who holds a floating license. You can use the menu options to view only a specific application, Process ID, Host Name or User.

Log Files

PARCMessage is a built-in error monitoring software. It creates an ongoing log of errors generated from PARCview on the specific computer where PARCMessage is running in the system tray. The Icon in the tray is a triangle, red if errors are present, and green if there are no errors.

Errors can also be stored in the PARCview install directory both on the server and clients ...\Capstone\PARCView\LogFiles.

Required Server Applications

No server applications are required to use System Configuration.

UA Server: All PARCview vr 7 functionality requires a Universal Access (UA) server.

GDS: All PARCview vr 7 functionality requires a Global Discovery Server (GDS).