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QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi All,

It would be of great help if anybody can send me screenshots of how we can check with QA and PROD without using Test Server License when we have the below configuration on infrastructure and license..

QA/Test : VM : 2 Server (1 app Server and 1 Publisher)

PROD :

License : QV Enterprise Server License

VM : 2 Server (1 app Server and 1 Publisher)

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

maxgro — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:28:53 GMT

of how we can check with

What kind of check do you want to do?

To check QlikView documents (.qvw) on QA/Test you need a license.

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:42:12 GMT

We are not having Test Server License. In that Case If I am setting up an environment for QA/Test with VM's, can I install the Enterprise Server itself in separate VMs and mark it as testing and do if any issue management apart from PROD where we have again QV Server with VM.

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:04:22 GMT

Hi,

Would like to rephrase the above query.

When we say as below :

Qlikview Enterprise Server PROD QA

Single Server Single Server

I have been offered like the above, Could you please let me know on this.

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:15:35 GMT

Kindly Advise !!!

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Bill_Britt — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:38:17 GMT

Hi,

You could do this, but you would have to have two Enterprise license to do it.

Bill

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:19:26 GMT

Cant we not have same enterprise server license in two different servers installed in VM.

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Bill_Britt — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:11:34 GMT

Hi,

No, QVS will not allow this to happen and it would be a validation of the license agreement. One of the servers would go off duty and not work.

Bill

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Peter_Cammaert — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:21:30 GMT

I guess Bill really meant to say "violation" iso validation.

For two separate QVS platforms, you need two licenses. The cheapest set of licenses consists of a regular server license and a test server license which would fit your environment.

If you include Publisher licenses, you can move them to their own separate machines (or VMs) as well, totalling 4 servers in all.

Peter

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

qlikviewwizard — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:29:47 GMT

Even VM Qlikview server also needed Enterprise license. As per my knowledge, we can not make VM servers QA and PROD.Thank you.

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 08:57:22 GMT

I have one query,So as per the development standards, is there any best approach that we can go ahead without having test license and have QA and PROD? or we can mitigate the risks by avoiding the QA env.

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

qlikviewwizard — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:08:45 GMT

We can have QA and PROD on same server with single license. But we have to maintain different folder structure for QA and PROD.

Hope this will help you more. Thanks.

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

jonathandienst — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:20:47 GMT

There is no intrinsic "need" for QV to have multiple environments. You can do your development and testing using QV desktop and have a single Production server. In small scale environments, that would probably be the recommended approach.

In larger environments, with a multiperson development team, a multi server environment would be better, and you could use a test server for a user testing and QA environment and an enterprise server for the PROD environment. The requirement is really a business driven decision.

Of course these are only two steps in a range of possible setups. that is why you should speak to your local Qlikview supplier or partner for more detailed advice and pricing for your particular needs.

Re: QA and PROD without Test Server License.

Peter_Cammaert — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:23:55 GMT

Reducing costs usually means increasing risks. If you run both QA and PROD on the same machine, the high risk development/test environment may have an adverse effect on your critical PROD business environment in more than one way. If the data volume, the number of documents and number of users are rather low, you could consider starting with a single server license. But then you wouldn't be using an Enterprise Edition server I guess.