Restricting Access to License Types
Access to specific product licenses is controlled by a configuration file on the licensing server named mcinc.opt that, if present, restricts access to specific licenses to certain users. This can be used if, for example, you have a number of concurrent licenses, some are Expert and some are Translator, and you wish to restrict which users or machines can access the Expert licenses.
In this case, you have received an Activation ID for the Translator licenses, and a separate Activation ID for the Expert licenses. To view these Activation IDs, you may consult your Entitlement Certificate or you may simply open a command prompt, go to the <InstallFolder>, and enter the following command:
> mcsvractutil –view
You must then create a file named “mcinc.opt” in <InstallFolder>. That file contains the following information (to restrict by computer name or IP address):
GROUPCASEINSENSITIVE ON
HOST_GROUP EXPERT machine1 machine2
HOST_GROUP TRANSLATOR machine1 machine2 machine3 machine4
INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT 1111-xxxx-11 HOST_GROUP EXPERT
INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT 1111-xxxx-22 HOST_GROUP TRANSLATOR
Where machine1 and machine2 can access Expert licenses, and machines named machine1, machine2, machine3 and machine4 can access Translator licenses; and 1111-xxxx-11 is the Activation ID for the Expert licenses and 1111-xxxx-22 is the Activation ID for the Translator licenses.
Similarly, to restrict by username, create the mcinct.opt file but the contents are as follows:
GROUPCASEINSENSITIVE ON
GROUP EXPERTUSERS user1 user2
GROUP TRANSLATORUSERS user1 user2 user3 user4
INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT 1111-xxxx-11 GROUP EXPERTUSERS
INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT 1111-xxxx-22 GROUP TRANSLATORUSERS
Where user1, user2, user3 and user4 are the names of the users within the network.