Partitions vs. Reservations

Partitions are conceptually similar to reservations but offer significantly more flexibility in controlling your server’s license pool. If currently no license reservations are defined for your license server, Revenera strongly recommends to use the partitions functionality to allocate licenses.

Read this section if one or more of the following statements apply to you:

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You want to know the pros and cons of using partitions or reservations. See Comparison of Partitions and Reservations.

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You are currently using reservations and would like to find out how partitions impact on the behavior of reservations. See Impact of Partitions Functionality on Using Reservations.

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You have previously been using reservations and would like migrate to partitions. See Migrating Reservations to Partitions.

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You have migrated to partitions but want to use reservations again. See Returning to Reservations after Migrating to Partitions.

If you have not been using reservations before and are now starting to use partitions, you can skip this section.

The following diagram illustrates your options: