Licenses

There are three categories of FootPrints Service Core license: fixed, concurrent, and Customer:

• Fixed—The user is assigned a single license and logs into BMC FootPrints Service Core with his own unique ID and password. Only one user can use this type of license at a time because it is assigned to a specific user. A fixed license is always available to the user to whom it is assigned.
• Concurrent—A concurrent license is sometimes referred to as a "floating" license. A concurrent license can be shared by an unlimited number of people, but only one such user can be logged into BMC FootPrints Service Core under an instance of a concurrent license at one time. Each user sharing a concurrent license has his or her own unique ID and password, but can only log in if a concurrent license is free. To further clarify, if five concurrent licenses are purchased and twenty-five people are sharing those licenses, only five of the twenty-five can be logged in at one time. If a sixth person tries to log in, a message is displayed to the sixth person stating that there are no available licenses. If one of the five users logs out of BMC FootPrints Service Core, a license is freed and a new person can then log in. Concurrent user access is logged, including successful logins and denials due to lack of license availability. This allows the administrator to gauge usage of concurrent licenses over a period of time.
• Customer—A Customer license permits an unlimited number of customers to be created and have access to the system.