Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 39)

Uninstall Transfer Options
If you have a node-locked license and you uninstall MapInfo Professional, you have the option of
transferring the license to Pitney Bowes Software.
If you intend to install MapInfo Professional on another computer, transfer the license to Pitney Bowes
Software so that the license is available. When you install MapInfo Professional on the desired computer,
you will be prompted to activate the product.
If you intend to reinstall MapInfo Professional on the same computer, do not transfer the license. When
you reinstall, you can reuse the same license without activating.
When you begin uninstalling MapInfo Professional, the Transfer License Now ? dialog box opens.
Do one of the following:
• Click Yes to transfer the license to Pitney Bowes Software.
The License Transfer Wizard will start and guide you through the transfer process. For more information,
see
Transferring Your License to another Computer .
• Click No to keep the license on this computer.
The uninstall operation continues. When you reinstall MapInfo Professional, you can reuse the license
without activating.
Concurrent Licenses
Concurrent licenses enable you to install MapInfo Professional on any number of computers. A license
server, installed and maintained by your organization, limits the number of computers that can run
MapInfo Professional at any given time to the number of concurrent licenses purchased by your
organization.
In the concurrent licensing scheme, you must connect to a license server on your network to check out
a license before you can run MapInfo Professional. Checking out a license is the process of obtaining
a license from the license server. You will need to supply the license server machine name and port
number to connect to the license server. You can do this either during installation or the first time you
run MapInfo Professional. After you have established a license server connection, the check out occurs
automatically.
A license server administrator from your organization installs and maintains the license server. The
license server administrator must also perform the following tasks:
• Activate the license server to make licenses available for check out.
• Inform users of the license server machine name and port number.
Connecting to a License Server
If your organization purchased concurrent licenses for MapInfo Professional, you will need to connect
to a license server to run the product.
To connect to the license server, MapInfo Professional must have the license server name and port
number. Your license server administrator will provide you with this information.
Connecting During Installation
The installation program will ask you for the license server name and port number. If you know them at
install time, enter them. When you start MapInfo Professional, you will be connected to the license server
and a license will be checked out automatically.
If you do not have this information at the time you install MapInfo Professional, the installation program
will enable you to continue with the installation without filling in the license server name and port number.
You will have another opportunity to connect to the server when you start MapInfo Professional.
39 Install Guide
Chapter 3: Starting and Activating MapInfo Professional