Some links on the Embarcadero License Center server (formerly known as Belise and Elise) from my contributions to these G+ threads:
- Anyone here ever start out using Workstation licenses then switch to eitherNetworked Named User or Networked Concurrent ?… [WayBack]
- Does anyone know what is happening with AppWave? Is it still going, or has something replaced it? – Nicholas Ring – Google+ [WayBack]
When for instance your workstations cannot communicate to the external license servers or you want to run concurrent Delphi/C++-Builder/RAD-Studio instances on your local network, you need to run the Elise licensing server on your network, which requires you to have a server with Java running somewhere.
Despite some of the documentation, it runs on more recent Windows versions too.
Not sure about the money: it’s just that a few clients of mine use it as it makes it easier to manage licenses when you switch contractors or not having various team members only use Delphi part of the time.
David Novo [WayBack] is running this setup and mentions it’s running fine on Windows 2008 Server and mentions two picky things:
- When installing you have to move your license file to the same folder as the installer for it to “auto-detect” it.
- There is some annoyance with regards to upgrading to a new version and having a given user have to upgrade their license files locally to the new version but once you know what to do that pain is fairly minor.
The IDE using ELC/Elise/Belise work best in a LAN. It has issues with VPN and can have issues with phone connections:
My delphi dies at startup in completely new way (to me) [WayBack] – Tommi Prami – Google+
- Socket error
- Access violation in coreide240.bpl
- Access violation at the RTLand then…
- Poof
–jeroen
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