Options

To configure Zoo options, run the Zoo Administrator (ZooAdmin.exe), and then click Tools → Options.

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License Recovery

Rhino and Rhino-based products update their license status, with the Zoo, every 5 minutes. If a license fails to be updated for the specified duration, because of either network interruption or abnormal product shut down, then the license will be considered orphaned and automatically recovered so other users can access it.

Recover orphaned licenses after <minutes> minutes.

This parameter specifies how long the Zoo will wait before recovering orphaned licenses.

The default value is 15 minutes.

License Check Out

The license check out feature allows licenses can be checked out, on a semi-permanent basis, so laptop users can disconnect from the network. The licenses can be checked in again when the laptop is reconnected to the network.

If a license is checked out, it cannot be used by another system until it is checked back in.

To check out a license, launch Rhino, click Tools → Options → Licenses.

Enable License Check Out

Enables or disabled license check out.

The default value is to have license check out disabled (unchecked).

Enable Limited License Check Out

When a license is checked out, it is done so on an unlimited basis unless limited license check out is enabled. The advantage of limited license check out is that checked out licenses will automatically checked in after the specified duration has elapsed.

The default value is to have limited license check out disabled (unchecked).

Limit license check out to <days> days.

This parameter specifies how long the Zoo will wait before automatically checking in checked out licenses.

The default value is 30 days.

Usage Tracking

The Zoo is capable of recording licensing activities for the purpose of tracking product usage. These records can then be used to generate statistics for accounting or billing purposes.

The Zoo records license activities in Comma-Separated-Value, or CSV, text files. These files can be viewed with any text editor, such as Windows Notepad, or imported in products such as Microsoft Excel for sorting and analysis.

Zoo usage tracking files contain the following information:

To view the usage tracking files, from the Zoo Administrator, click Tools → View Tracking.

Enable license usage tracking

Enables or disabled license usage tracking.

The default value is to have usage tracking disabled (unchecked).

Usage Tracking File Rotation

Allows you to specify the period of the usage tracking. That is, how often you want the usage tracking files rotated; either on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

Note, usage tracking files are named by the date in which the tracking file was created in a <YEAR><MONTH><DAY>.CSV format.

The default value is to track usage on a weekly basis.