Reservation Hierarchy
The reservations you post to the license server are ordered in a hierarchy, enabling more granularity in managing them. For example, reservation entries are the actual feature reservations that you define for a reservation, which is identified by the hostid for the specific client device or user to which the feature reservations apply. One or more reservations are assigned to a reservation group, which represents an entity to which the client devices and users identified by the reservations belong. This entity might be a department, a job role assigned to specific employees within the company, a physical location, or any other entity applicable to your company. This hierarchy enables you to view, add, or delete reservations at the group level, the reservation (hostid) level, or the reservation entry (feature) level.
When reservations are added to the license server, the following IDs are generated for the various hierarchal components that define a reservation:
| • | A group ID (GID) for a reservation group |
| • | A reservation ID (RID) for the reservation, based on the hostid identifying a specific client device or user within the reservation group |
| • | A reservation-entry ID (EID) for each reservation entry defined in a specific reservation |
The following diagram illustrates the reservation hierarchy. For example, reading from right to left, trace the reservation entry EID 1 for feature Feat1:
| • | EID 1 belongs to the reservation RID 1, defined for the hostid Host1. |
| • | RID 1 is one of three reservations belonging to the reservation group GID 1, also named Group1. |
