Re: FW: Nonmem License High Availability

Hi Lisa, To all colleagues on the mailing list: sorry for spamming, probably only the last paragraph is important to you. Some software 'calls home' when it launches. This way, the software company could stop a client from launching the software on more cpus than is permitted. As far as I know, the restriction for nonmem is purely contractual, but there are no actual restrictions in place. It seems Novartis could implement the contractual restriction of "do not run nonmem on more than 100 cpu cores at the same time" by configuring this in the cluster scheduling software (for SLURM, see https://slurm.schedmd.com/licenses.html) I am sure icon could also develop such a "call home" functionality, but you may have a lot of protest from people who are 'occasionally' exceeding their license terms (eg to run a bootstrap of the final model). I would also not like it if Nonmem needs an internet connection to run, or would stop running when eg I change my hard drive. A similar system was briefly in place for Simulo, and was quickly adapted because of all the annoyances and hassle. Best regards, Ruben Faelens Op zo 2 sep. 2018 20:34 schreef Wilhelm-Lear, Lisa <[email protected] >: > Can you advise? > > > > Lisa R. Wilhelm-Lear > > Customer Service Lead > > NONMEM / PDxPoP Software > > > > Phone: 301-944-6771 > > Fax: 215-789-9549 > > [email protected] > > www.iconplc.com > > > > > > *From:* Golti, Satya Swaroop [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, August 20, 2018 5:34 AM > *To:* Wilhelm-Lear, Lisa > *Cc:* Oruganti, Srinivas (Ext); Singh, Braj (Ext); Blandon, George > *Subject:* Nonmem License High Availability > > > > Hi, > > > > We are planning to setup a redundant license server for Nonmem so that we > have high availability of the license server in case the primary server > goes down. > > > > Can you suggest how we can implement this and if any change is needed with > respect to the license file/license model that we have currently. > > > > Regards, > > Satya. > > > > *Satya Swaroop Golti* > > Application Manager > > Stat Tools, Yellow Pages, Modtracker > > Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. > > Hyderabad 500081 > > Phone +91 9177072444. > > > > >