Offline Synchronization to the Back Office
The traditional process of synchronizing license data from the FlexNet Embedded local license server to the back office relies on the license server having direct internet access to transmit data to the back office. For security reasons, such as data privacy, local license servers might have limited or no external network connections, making it difficult to synchronize data about concurrent-license distribution and metered usage on the server to the back office. The offline synchronization feature supports the ability to download this data from the license server on to another device that has an external network connection and then transmitting the data to the back office.
The following sections describe offline synchronization to the back office: