To configure Zoo options, run the Zoo Administrator (ZooAdmin.exe), and then click Tools → Options.
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.
This parameter specifies how long the Zoo will wait before recovering orphaned licenses.
The default value is 15 minutes.
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.
Enables or disabled license check out.
The default value is to have license check out disabled (unchecked).
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).
This parameter specifies how long the Zoo will wait before automatically checking in checked out licenses.
The default value is 30 days.
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:
Date - The date and time of the transaction.
Type - The type of transaction:
License loaned out - A license was loaned out.
License returned - A loaned out license was returned.
License checked out - A license was checked out.
License checked in - A checked out license was checked in.
License recovered - An orphaned license was automatically recovered.
License check out expired - A checked out license was automatically checked in because the check out duration expired.
License expired - An existing license has expired and had been deleted.
License added - A new license was added using the Zoo Administrator.
License deleted - An existing license was deleted using the Zoo Administrator.
Administrator returned - A loaned out license was returned using the Zoo Administrator.
Administrator checked in - A checked out license was checked in using the Zoo Administrator.
License status updated - The status of a license was updated.
Unknown - An unknown event has occurred.
Computer - The system involved in the transaction.
User - The user logged into the system during the transaction.
Product - The product used for the transaction.
Total - The total number of licenses maintained by the Zoo for that product.
Used - The total number of licenses for that product that are in use after the transaction.
To view the usage tracking files, from the Zoo Administrator, click Tools → View Tracking.
Enables or disabled license usage tracking.
The default value is to have usage tracking disabled (unchecked).
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.