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I ran into a use case today where this idea could have really helped. A customer is using nearly all of their AppPoints consistently and they want to have a vendor come in and do some work on a temporary basis. To stay in compliance they will most likely have to purchase more AppPoints even though the vendor also has AppPoints that they could potentially use. If I could have deployed a second SLS server or deployed two license files in parallel we could use the AppPoints that are already being paid for.
Could you provide an update on this idea? It is a bit older and I have my fingers crossed that it might be delivered in 9.1.
Today, AppPoints are provided through a single license key file generated by a single license owning organization. This limitation does not support enterprise-wide Maximo implementations funded from multiple operating units and serviced by many third-party service providers and consultants (system integrators like financial, GIS, etc).
Use Cases:
- Service Providers want to maintain App Point licensing for their users to consume, seperately from the Maximo end client
- Different corporate entities want to seperately pay for and provide licensing for their users
Dave Gasdia @ IBM stated that the legacy token server configuration allowed for providing seperate Administrative and User license keys and suggested that we submit this Idea to have similar functions pulled forward. The suggestion here is to link to mulitiple license servers instead of supplying seperate license keys.
Why do seperate license servers? Organizations that have users logging into multiple client systems don't want to license the same user for each system.
Please provide use case(s) and problem(s) that needs to be solved.