Binding in a Virtual Environment

FlexNet Publisher automatically uses the appropriate binding elements when running in a virtual environment, if they are available. Binding is to differentiate between physical and virtual environments and the legacy bind-to-VMID policy is deprecated. The binding elements are:

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MAC address—used on physical environments is now used in virtual environments as well and is a deal breaker.

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UUID (universally unique ID)—A binding identity used to configure trusted storage on the virtual machine, previously the only binding identity used in virtual environments; this is now a deal breaker.

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Generation ID—A property of a virtual machine available in some environments. Where it is available it is used as a binding identity; it is a deal breaker.

A binding item is a deal breaker if, when it changes, trust should be lost regardless of the number of binding items that still match. Since all binding identities used in virtual environments are deal breakers, trust will always be lost of any of them change.