Borrowing a Floating License

If your FME Form product uses a floating license, and your organization supports this option, you can borrow a license for offline use.

If a license is available, you can borrow it and run FME for the maximum period, as specified in your license file, on a computer that will not be connected to the license server. The default period is 30 days.

If a different license period than the default is required, ask your System Administrator to contact us at codes@safe.com.

When the borrowing period expires, the license also expires. After the expiry date, the license automatically becomes available for other users to borrow.

You do not have to return the license after an expiry date; however, you can choose to return a license early. See Return the License.

Requirements

  • A fixed license configuration does not allow you to borrow a license. In addition to a floating license, you need a floating license server with the license borrowing capabilities enabled.
  • License borrowing requires LMTOOLS version 11.8 or newer.
  • FME Form installations on the following operating systems do not support license borrowing:
    • Linux on ARM
    • macOS

To Borrow a Floating License

  1. Connect to the Floating License Server.
  2. Specify the Terms of the License.

To Return a Borrowed License