How do TeamForge licenses work?

When you purchase a CollabNet TeamForge license, you get the right to assign licenses to a specified number of users.

Check with your CollabNet representative if you aren't sure how many licenses or what kind of licenses you have.

Your license key contains three important numbers:

• The number of users eligible to use the source code management (SCM) features.
• The number of users eligible to use both the SCM features and the full set of application lifecycle management (ALM) features.
• The IP address of the machine that your site runs on.

For example, if your organization has 80 users who will use only the source code management features and 100 users who need the application lifecycle management features, your license key string may look like this: ALM=100:SCM=80:supervillaininc:144.16.116.25.:302D02150080D7853DB3E5C6F67EABC65BD3AC17D4D35CB3Z00214141D70455B18583BF0A5000CA56B34817ADF8DBFI32353A6E657492617369633A38372E3139342E3136102E31322E

If you are upgrading from TeamForge 5.3 or earlier, all your existing users are considered ALM users.

Your license key only works for the IP address (or range of addresses) of the hardware that your CollabNet TeamForge is running on, as specified in your order form. If your site uses a separate server for its database or source code repositories, make sure your license key reflects the IP addresses of all the necessary machines. If any of these addresses change, ask your CollabNet representative to generate a new key.

When you create a user account, you can assign the user an SCM license as long as there are enough available licenses (counting both ALM and SCM). You can assign the user an ALM license if ALM licenses are available. If no more ALM licenses are available, you can only assign SCM licenses.