INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT

This option only applies to licenses held in trusted storage.

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT entitlementId type {name | group_name}

Includes a user or predefined group of users in the list of who is allowed to activate the licenses contained in a fulfillment record held in trusted storage. EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT supersedes INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT; conflicts between the EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT list and the INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT list are resolved by the EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT taking precedence.

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT Terms

Term

Definition

entitlementId

The entitlement Id originally used when requesting a license activation.

type

One of USER, HOST, GROUP, or HOST_GROUP. See Specifying License Restrictions Using Type for details.

name

Name of an item of type type for which license usage is included.

group_name

Name of the group to include. Group names are case sensitive.

For example, the following option syntax includes the user claire in the list of users able to activate licenses provided in the fulfillment record specified by the entitlement Id AB456:

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT AB456 USER claire

Example for Include variations with hybrid trusted storage:

This example demonstrates the behavior of INCLUDE, INCLUDE_BORROW and INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT on feature F1. F1 originates from a served trusted storage hybrid license with EntitlementID ENTLID1.

Example for INCLUDE, INCLUDE_BORROW, INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT

Option file Contains

Behavior

INCLUDE F1 USER John

concurrent checkout limited to John? Yes

certificate borrow limited to John? Yes

activation borrow limited to John? No

INCLUDE_BORROW F1 USER John

concurrent checkout limited to John? No

certificate borrow limited to John? Yes

activation borrow limited to John? No

INCLUDE F1 USER John

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT ENTLID1 USER John

concurrent checkout limited to John? Yes

certificate borrow limited to John? Yes

activation borrow limited to John? Yes

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT ENTLID1 USER John

concurrent checkout limited to John? No

certificate borrow limited to John? No

activation borrow limited to John? Yes

Another example: ENTLID12 contains hybrid features F1 and F2. The following options file allows only John to perform concurrent checkout, certificate borrow or activation borrow on all ENTLID12's features:

INCLUDE F1 USER John

INCLUDE F2 USER John

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT ENTLID12 USER John

Note:Activation borrow always activates all features from an entitlement.