Example of Using SUPERSEDE
The following is an illustration of the use of the SUPERSEDE keyword.
Consider a product, P1, with 3 features (f1, f2, and f3), and these attributes:
Product Name: P1 (F1, version 1.0) (F2, version 1.0) (F3, version 1.0)
Activation ID: Activation1
Entitlement ID: EL1
Account Name: Org1
Hostname: Mymachine
A user activates 5 out of 10 counts of the product, resulting in this license key:
SERVER this_host HOSTNAME=mymachine
VENDOR demo
USE_SERVER
INCREMENT F1 demo 1.0 26-dec-2008 5 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=2-oct-2008 SIGN="002A 20C2 A452 8B82 \
7CF9 0A2D 1003 CB00 2BFC AC9B B59E D0C9 6CE6 5813 566A"
INCREMENT F2 demo 1.0 26-dec-2008 5 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=2-oct-2008 SIGN="00F0 9DFD 1320 33D9 \
63B1 FF49 3A87 9400 4A69 C389 E117 9D40 96D2 7578 0E97"
INCREMENT F3 demo 1.0 26-dec-2008 5 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=2-oct-2008 SIGN="005F 56FB 63A7 A359 \
C40B 5C7B C3BA 2D00 DE42 3BCA FF74 D606 6208 25F1 EB2D"
Now consider product P2, with 3 features, which is an upgrade of product P1. Product P2 has these attributes:
Product Name: P2 (F1, version 2.0) (F2, version 1.0) (F4, version 1.0)
Activation ID: upgraded-Act
Entitlement ID: upgraded-EL
Account Name: Org1
Hostname: Mymachine
Now, if the user upgrades 3 copies of P1 to P2, FlexNet Operations would generate the following licenses using the SUPERSEDE keyword:
Fulfillment license text for P2 (the upgraded product):
SERVER this_host HOSTNAME=mymachine
VENDOR demo
USE_SERVER
INCREMENT F2 demo 1.0 8-feb-2009 3 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=31-oct-2008 SIGN="0025 879F C7B4 798B \
66B5 262B 9D90 AE00 E62F FF09 2F83 2FBF E75C BA1A 2EC0"
INCREMENT F4 demo 1.0 8-feb-2009 3 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=31-oct-2008 SIGN="0069 4F14 9B2A 94F4 \
DB26 B912 801C 4400 CA61 4D94 78D6 1D1C A080 C8DB B744"
INCREMENT F1 demo 2.0 8-feb-2009 3 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=31-oct-2008 SIGN="00C6 6180 7299 E091 \
8DFD CFB1 497D D400 A1C0 D22F 18C4 54DE 9F45 34DA 4D1C"
Fulfillment license text for P1 (the old product):
Note the SUPERSEDE keyword in the license key.
SERVER this_host HOSTNAME=mymachine
VENDOR demo
USE_SERVER
INCREMENT F1 demo 1.0 26-dec-2008 2 SUPERSEDE="F3 F1 F2" ISSUER="My \
Corporation" ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=2-oct-2008 SIGN="009F \
996A EA12 7504 32FE 3C14 5910 8300 5B4E 8600 57E1 EB1C A774 \
AC01 22A3"
INCREMENT F2 demo 1.0 26-dec-2008 2 SUPERSEDE="F3 F1 F2" ISSUER="My \
Corporation" ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=2-oct-2008 SIGN="002F \
1350 4898 5A94 223E 93E2 A2AA 5400 4487 DD7A F305 9D94 87D2 \
6172 821B"
INCREMENT F3 demo 1.0 26-dec-2008 2 SUPERSEDE="F3 F1 F2" ISSUER="My \
Corporation" ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=2-oct-2008 SIGN="0069 \
210A 84EA 4DD1 1C87 3999 88EB 2000 8D03 A3C4 ACC1 B783 6CD0 \
816F 0E7C"
As can be seen from these license files, the user would receive:
| • | 5 copies of F1 (2 copies of the F1, 1.0 feature and 3 copies of the F1, 2.0 feature) |
| • | 5 copies of F2 |
| • | 2 copies of F3 |
| • | 3 copies of F4 |
If users later activate 2 copies of an upgradable line item from the Activate License page on the same host, FlexNet Operations generates the following license without using the SUPERSEDE keyword:
SERVER this_host HOSTNAME=mymachine
VENDOR demo
USE_SERVER
INCREMENT F2 demo 1.0 8-feb-2009 2 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=31-oct-2008 SIGN="001D 82E1 DAA5 E0FD \
88A9 F261 AD14 8900 AB02 9BCC F774 E196 12EF DD5B 20CD"
INCREMENT F4 demo 1.0 8-feb-2009 2 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=31-oct-2008 SIGN="00B0 26BD FD33 FBC4 \
68FE C9B5 C38E 3300 33F3 521F 2588 B763 9470 E2EA C1AE"
INCREMENT F1 demo 2.0 8-feb-2009 2 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=3-oct-2008 START=31-oct-2008 SIGN="0080 1869 FA9D 2B87 \
920B 16DF 0636 E200 30FE D8E8 954A 2D16 3685 7722 E64C"