This setting determines which type of license to use for deployment to a target machine and what to do when no appropriate license is available on the license server.
The preset is:
Specifying licensing settings
Based on your selection, the software will use a deployment license (which enables a single successful deployment) or a machine license (which enables an unlimited number of deployments to a machine). Based on the operating system you are deploying, a workstation license or a server license will be used.
If no appropriate license is available on the license server, the software can either stop deployment to the machine, or use an alternative license.
Tip: To force a machine license to be used for a particular machine, you can specify the Licensing setting as an individual setting for that machine.
When you deploy a workstation operating system and you selected the Use a server license automatically option, the software will use a server license if no workstation license can be used.
The Licensing setting also applies to the Acronis Universal Deploy licenses independently from the main licenses. For example, if a workstation license for performing deployment is found, but a workstation license for applying Acronis Universal Deploy is not, Acronis Snap Deploy 4 may use a server license for Acronis Universal Deploy, but still use a workstation license for performing deployment.
Example
Suppose that you are deploying a workstation operating system. Consider the following settings:
With these settings, the software will use a license based on the following priority:
If you change the second setting from Use a machine license automatically to Stop deployment, the software will use only deployment licenses. The software will use the following priority: