Installing CA ERwin Data Modeler › Upgrading the License Server › Edit the Options File

Edit the Options File

Use the concurrent licensing model and borrow licenses to use CA ERwin DM on mobile devices that support CA ERwin DM. When you borrow a license, the license rights are available on your local computer. You can open CA ERwin DM using the borrowed license, regardless of whether you are connected to the License Server.

When you install the License Server, the erwinmod.opt file is copied to the installation folder. Edit this file and specify the number of licenses that cannot be borrowed and the maximum hours for which a license can be borrowed.

Important! If you change the erwinmod.opt file name, the file is ignored and users cannot borrow licenses.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the erwinmod.opt file from the following folder:

   C:\Program Files\CA\CA ERwin DM License Administrator\licenses\erwinmod
   

   The file opens and displays several lines of text in the following format:

   BORROW_LOWWATER license_name number.
   

   For example, BORROW_LOWWATER Standard 1.

2. (Optional) To set the number of licenses that cannot be borrowed, follow these steps:
   1. Go to the line that has the license name that you want to change.
   2. Change the number.

      The new number is the number of licenses that cannot be borrowed.

   Note: Do not reserve an uncounted license for borrowing. If you do so, you cannot borrow licenses.

3. (Optional) To set the maximum number of hours for which a license can be borrowed, add the following line:

   MAX_BORROW_HOURS license_name num_hours

   For example, MAX_BORROW_HOURS Standard 48 specifies that a license for CA ERwin DM Standard Edition can be borrowed for a maximum period of 48 hours.

   Default: 168 hours (This value is specified in the license file.)

   Ensure that the new period is less than the period specified in the license. If multiple MAX_BORROW_HOURS keywords appear for the same license_name, only the last one is applied.

4. Save the file.
5. Open CA ERwin License Administrator and click Administration.
6. Enter the administrator user name and password and click Submit.
7. Click Vendor Daemon Configuration, Administer.

   The Vendor Daemon Actions web page appears.

8. Click Stop.

   The Vendor Daemon is stopped.

9. Click Start.

   The Vendor Daemon is restarted and the changes you have made to the license options file come into effect.

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