Returning Network Seats to an SL License

A protected application that accesses a network seat from an SL license communicates with the Admin License Manager that hosts the SL license using either its Integrated License Manager or an External License Manager (see Selection of the License Manager By the Protected Application).

When the protected application consumes a network seat from the SL license, the network seat remains allocated as long as the Feature in the application is logged in to the SL key. The network seat is returned automatically to the pool of available seats when one of the following happens:

>The Feature logs out from the SL key (typically when the protected application exits normally).

>The login session with the SL key times out due to lack of activity in the protected application. The timeout interval (by default, 12 hours) is defined in the Admin License Manager using Admin Control Center.

>The login session with the SL key is closed by the License Manager because the protected application terminated abnormally.

After normal termination or timeout, the session is closed immediately.

After abnormal termination:

>The session is closed immediately if the application uses the External License Manager or there is an Admin License Manager on the same machine.

> The session is closed after 3 minutes when both of the following are true

•The application uses the Integrated License Manager (instead of the External License Manager).

•There is no Admin License Manager on the same machine.