Enabling a floating license

To find out if your Developer for z/OS® server uses floating licenses, contact your system administrator.
Floating license enforcement provides the following benefits:
  • License compliance enforcement across the organization
  • Fewer license purchases
  • Serve license keys for IBM® desktop products from the same license server
To enable a floating license, do these steps:
  1. Obtain the license server connection information from the system administrator who manages product licenses at your site.
  2. From the Developer for z/OS menu bar, select Help > Manage Licenses.
  3. On the Manage Licenses window, click Apply License.
  4. On the Configure Floating License window, click Enable floating license enforcement, and then click the Add icon Add icon.
  5. On the Add Server window, enter the IP address or hostname of your license key server in the Name field and the port number in the Port field, and then click OK.
  6. On the Configure Floating License window, click OK.
  7. On the Manage Licenses window, click Refresh License Status, and then click Done.