What is a floating license?

Floating licenses (network licenses) reside on a license server (a separate computer) and are checked out for use by Keysight products (instruments or applications), then returned (checked in) when no longer needed so that they can be used on another computer or instrument.

Floating licenses can also be borrowed for a specified number of days. Once you have borrowed a license, you can disconnect the licensed instrument or computer from the license server and continue to use the license offline for the duration of the borrow period. See Borrow Licenses.

As in any implementation of FlexNet Publisher floating licenses, the license server process (encompassing the license server manager lmgrd and the vendor daemon agileesofd) runs on the license server system.

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