license lease from server issue

[#1]

Hello,

We are currently using a separate authentication application (called Tivoli) to authenticate the user credentials and pass that information on to the Qlikview server in the http header.

Once the user has logged in, we allow for dynamic license assignment and so a license gets assigned to that user. The actual license name looks like this: TIVOLI\MDAMIANO

The problem arises when a user needs to borrow a license from the server for development purposes (or to open a file created by another user) , by doing File-> Open In server. The only way this seems to work is when we use the NT Identity, which then assigns another license to that user based on the domain. So 1 user can consume 2 licenses which is not ideal.

I though the Alternate Identity should allow me to enter my existing Tivoli user name which already has a license assigned to it, but it doesn't work. When I enter my Tivoli user name and choose Alternate Identity, the software seems to connect to the server, but after opening a file from the server, it still shows 'Personal Edition'.

The string I am entering in the" connect to server" box is:

qvp://mdamiano@Qlksrv1

Also tried:

qvp://tivoli/mdamiano@Qlksrv1

Any help/ideas would be appreciated!

Maria

[#2]

I have not found a solution yet.

I was able to connect to the server via the Alternate Identity (using the custom users set up in Tivoli) thru the Desktop client, and open a file from the server.

However, the software still says "Personal Edition" and so I still can't open a file that I had downloaded from AccessPoint or any other file for that matter.

I will try Kristoffer's method (using the QV Plug In) next.

[#3]

Hi,

I am also interested in this topic.

I have 2 laptops registered on my company domain. I connect to those 2 laptops using the same credential (Domain\UserName). I have 1 Named User CAL assiocated to my username, leased from a server.

I was able to activate the license (by Opening from server) on the 1st laptop, but I can't do it from my second laptop? Does QV allow a user to use a Named User CAL on multiple laptop?

Thanks

I have also installed the IE Plugin on my 2nd laptop; it does not help.

[suniljain]

I alredy tested that QV dees not allow a user to use a named cal on more than one system. it creates multiple licenses accordingly.

[#5]

Hi,

I guess that, too. We have problems with users in Citrix-Environment where we cannot guarantee that every user uses the same Citirx-Server all the time. In QV 9 local License-Information is written down to Windows Registry, which is not fully synchronized in our Citrix environment.

I wonder what the setting "identify user by user name" in QEMC is for. That doesn't really work, does it?

Thomas.

[amien]

i guess you mean identify user by machineid? cause that one doesnt work.

[amien]

why .. how do you solve the citrix issue? deleting the user every 30 days from QEMC?

from what i understood .. leasing checks for these settings:

User Profile
Machine
MAC Address
IP Address

so Citrix has a problem with MachineID?

[#8]

Hi all!

Any update on this issue?

I've the same situation with user that want to use Qlik (with a leased license) on Citrix and also on notebook...

Very thanks

[suniljain]

Dear Thomas,

Coreect, I am also telling same thing in my previous blog.

🙂

[#10]

Has anybody found a solution to the problem yet?

[#11]

Hello,

Any update on this particular issue. Have you solved the problem?

Thanks.