Borrow Granularity

A borrow-interval granularity is applied to the effective borrow interval. The granularity is the time unit (day, hour, minute, or second) by which the license server rounds up the borrow interval.

For example, if the borrow interval is 60 seconds, and the borrow granularity is day, then a license issued at 5:05:01 PM expires at 11:59:59 PM—which is the borrow interval (5:06:01 PM) rounded to the end of the nearest day. Likewise, if granularity is minute, expiration is at 5:06:59 PM. If the granularity is second, expiration is 5:06:01 PM.

By default, the granularity is set by the producer on the license server, and the default is second. In addition, a capability request can specify a granularity, which will override the granularity set on the license server.