What is License Consolidation?

License consolidation is the process of combining multiple licenses into a single license file. Consolidating licenses can simplify subsequent rehosting tasks because it allows you to convert several separate licenses into a consolidated license.

Note:The license consolidation feature is not available by default. To enable this feature, the producer must select the Show Consolidate Licenses Functionality check box in System > Configure > FlexNet Operations.

License consolidation can take place during batch activation or post-activation.

License Consolidation Limitations

License consolidation is only possible for certificate licenses, and for custom (non-FlexNet) licenses when a custom consolidation class has been implemented. (See Creating a License Technology for more information.)

It is not possible to consolidate trusted storage licenses.

To be consolidated, licenses must belong to the same customer account. The licenses you consolidate can be based on different license models, use different license generator configurations, or even belong to different license technologies; however, when license technologies are different the consolidation process does not result in a single license. One consolidated license is created for each license technology.

License Consolidation Processing

For certificate licenses, a separate consolidated license is generated for each host. A separate consolidated license file is generated for floating or node-locked licenses on each license server. For example, floating counted and floating uncounted certificates can be consolidated on a single server. Also floating counted and node-locked counted certificates can be consolidated on a single server. (This is because the node-locked counted model requires a license server system.)

Note:For custom license technologies, the result of license consolidation depends on how the producer codes the consolidator class, where custom consolidation rules are defined.