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Borrow a License

The Mobile licensing feature enables you to borrow a license from a License Server on any mobile device that supports CA ERwin DM. By default, the maximum period for which a license is borrowed is 168 hours. However, you can change this.

To borrow a license, Follow these steps:

1. Open CA ERwin DM.

   The CA ERwin Data Modeler Licensing dialog appears.

2. Click Acquire concurrent use Workgroup Edition license or Acquire concurrent use Standard Edition license.
3. In the Server Path field, type the license server details.

   This Server Path detail is reflected in the Help, Licensing dialog.

4. Select the Return Date checkbox and specify the return date and time.
5. (Optional) Select the Remember the licensing options and do not show this dialog again checkbox.
6. Click OK.

   A license is checked out from the License Server and the rights are available on your local computer.

To return a license before it expires, start CA ERwin DM and enter the server path in the CA ERwin Data Modeler Licensing dialog. After CA ERwin DM opens, click Help, Licensing, and then click Return Borrowed Licenses Early.

Note: If a license expires or is returned before it expires, you have four hours of buffer time to save your work. After four hours of the expiry of the license, CA ERwin DM closes.

When the license expires, one of the following events happen:

• If the client computer is connected to the License Server and a concurrent license is available, CA ERwin DM checks out a license. If no concurrent license is available, a warning dialog appears and CA ERwin DM closes after four hours.
• If the client computer is not connected to the License Server, CA ERwin DM notifies users about the loss of connectivity with the License Server.