Will Licence Upgrade from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 remove my Dongle licencing ?

[JezUK]

@ivan.slavchev

I’d say - as long as you’re using a single license server machine - there’s no downside to having a license “borrowed” all the time. You can have a lot of computers with V-Ray installed that obtain licenses from a single license server computer, which is a typical studio setup.
You can see some example setups here - https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/…d+Installation

Hi Ivan,

So to be clear, if I set up my TWO computers (ONE main workstation and ONE render node) so that I am borrowing licences permanently, then this should be okay - I can work offline (if need be) and before the 2 weeks is up, 3 days before, the automatic renewal for the borrowing will happen again by itself and then I’m set for the next two weeks (repeated every two weeks automatically) ? This is my understanding, is this correct ?

Also, are there any reminders / warnings to inform you that renewal is coming soon or that renewal has been failing (during those 3 days before auto renewal) ? Or that auto-renewal has happened successfully (and that the next renewal will be on xx/xx/20xx) ? I’m just trying to understand and feel safe that jobs won’t fail because I wasn’t aware of this new way I’ll need to ensure licencing is in place.

Many thanks.

PS - I know it might be too soon to ask, but will V-Ray 5 be online only (dongle-less only) do you know / can you say ?

[ivan.slavchev]

@JezUK

Hi Ivan,

So to be clear, if I set up my TWO computers (ONE main workstation and ONE render node) so that I am borrowing licences permanently, then this should be okay - I can work offline (if need be) and before the 2 weeks is up, 3 days before, the automatic renewal for the borrowing will happen again by itself and then I’m set for the next two weeks (repeated every two weeks automatically)? This is my understanding, is this correct?

Yes, that’s correct. Note that the license setup, in this case, is the same as with a dongle - you borrow the licenses on a single computer that’s running the license server software and all other machines obtain licenses from it

@JezUK

Also, are there any reminders/warnings to inform you that renewal is coming soon or that renewal has been failing (during those 3 days before auto-renewal)? Or that auto-renewal has happened successfully (and that the next renewal will be on xx/xx/20xx)? I’m just trying to understand and feel safe that jobs won’t fail because I wasn’t aware of this new way I’ll need to ensure licencing is in place.

I don’t think there’s a specific warning, apart from checking the license server’s status page and seeing a warning that your licenses expire (if you have term licenses, for example).
The license server has an API that can be used with a simple script to do some custom checks, you can message me at support@chaosgroup.com for more information (if you do, please include a link to this topic).

@JezUK

PS - I know it might be too soon to ask, but will V-Ray 5 be online only (dongle-less only) do you know / can you say?

Yes, it won’t be available on dongles.

[JezUK]

Hi Ivan,

As V-Ray 5 has now just been released and so I’m interested to learn about that and also more about the borrowing of licences, please can you show me where “auto-renew” of borrowed licencing happens ? I see nowhere on any Chaosgroup YouTube video on how to borrow a licence of where that auto-renew is set. I see that the licensing interface tells us the date when our licence will expire but nothing about “auto-renew”.

Many thanks.

**** please ignore post above - I found the answer to my question in the documentation link provided ********