BASIS' NEW License Manager

Technical Communique

August 7, 2018

TC-18005

BLM Improvements

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A newer, more robust BASIS license manager (BLM) for PRO/5®, Visual PRO/5®, and BBj® is now available with improvements to the perpetual license fail-safe features. The new BLM is compatible with all older versions of BASIS interpreters that require a BLM.

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The new BLM is available as a stand-alone download either by selecting the Product "BLM" on the BASIS products download page at http://www.basis.com/bbj-download or directly from the following BASIS License Manager Download page at http://www.basis.com/basis-license-manager-download

BLM Improvements

The following improvements have been made:

When Host IDs change after system startup, the BLM no longer issues 'false-positive' email alerts
Updated the randomization algorithm for license requests to avoid potential license re-registration failures
Added a new facility to allow the BLM to "self-heal" even when a license has feature lines which have expired
Implemented a license backup rotation algorithm to avoid license file backup failure upon re-registration
Added a debugging startup option to assist with BLM troubleshooting
Implemented a log file rotation for the updatelic.log
Added the capability to re-register a license file containing multiple serial numbers regardless of which serial number was last registered
Updated the documentation for installing a Standalone BLM for improved installation support
Introduced the capability to provide real-time licensing information via an API, on each license feature available for checkout, such as active user counts
Updated to FlexNET version 2017 R1 (11.15.0) to get the latest FlexNET fixed issues. The BASIS License Manager (BLM) and BBjServices were updated to include both server and client side fixed issues. The 18.00 BBj clients now require an 18.00 (FlexNET version 11.15.0) or better BLM. The 18.00 BLM is backward compatible with older BBj clients.

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