License Server is a mechanism that tracks licenses of Acronis products. Acronis Snap Deploy 5 licensing is based on the number of machines (servers or workstations) that you deploy. For example, to deploy a system to 100 machines, you need 100 licenses.
License Server tracks the licenses using a MAC address, which is unique for each network interface card (NIC). Although a MAC address is usually hardwired to the NIC, some operating systems offer a way to change it. It is important to note that attempting to change the MAC address on a system may impede the License Server operation and prevent you from other deployments to the same machine.
When installing OS Deploy Server, you need to specify a license server. After the license server is found, the software checks for available licenses on the server and stores its network address to be able to access the license server later, when deployment is launched.
When starting a deployment, OS Deploy Server checks for available licenses on the license server. If an appropriate license is available for a machine, the deployment operation will run on the machine. The number of available licenses will decrease by the number of systems being deployed.
If deployment under a deployment license has failed, that license becomes available again. A machine license remains used by the machine regardless of the result of deployment.
License Server can import multiple license keys from .txt or .eml files, saving you from the time-consuming procedure of typing each number.
When upgraded, recovered or reinstalled, the license server keeps all the imported licenses intact. However, it is recommended that you copy the files with license keys to removable media, or create a hard copy of those files and keep it in a safe place. This ensures that you have license data available in case of hardware failure.