The two versions of dedicated licenses allow the Telewindow clients to correspond either directly with the G2 server's license option, or with a less powerful option (offering fewer capabilities). For example, a Dedicated deployment Telewindows client cannot connect to a G2 running a Development license option, because the G2 license is more powerful than the Telewindows license.
Note: Dedicated Telewindows licenses running under Windows NT may require a hardware key and, optionally, a Sentinel device driver for authorization. Refer to the Windows installation guide for information about this.
Floating Telewindows licenses receive their level of authorization from the G2 server to which they connect. There is no distinction between development and deployment for such a license.
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An exception to these corresponding license types occurs when the G2 server also has authorization for one or more floating Telewindows connections. In this case,
Dedicated Telewindows
In a dedicated Telewindows environment, you purchase a separate license for each system on which you install the Telewindows software. Each license is authorized for use on a specific client system. The concept of dedicated Telewindows licensing is the model in use for all Telewindows licenses prior to this version of G2. tw.ok file, authorizing that system to use Telewindows with its particular authorization level. tw.ok file exists on the client and, if it does, ensures that the authorization level is either the same or more restrictive than the license under which G2 is currently running. tw.ok file for the client, or if the authorization level is unsatisfactory, the login attempt fails and an error message is displayed for the Telewindows user.
Floating Telewindows
Floating Telewindows provides a flexible licensing scheme in which a G2 server maintains and provides authorization for a set number of Telewindows connections. Maximum-number-of-concurrent-floating-telewindows-allowed attribute of the g2.ok file of the server G2. There is no TW.OK file associated with a floating Telewindows license. unauthorized Telewindows client tries connecting to the KB and, in so doing, will exceed the allowable number of connections, G2 rejects the Telewindows login attempt. The Telewindows user is informed that no more licenses are available.
Note: A dedicated Telewindows client connecting to a G2 with authorization for a finite number of floating Telewindows clients does not decrease the number of available licenses. Dedicated Telewindows clients require a different authorization process, as the previous section describes.