Univa License Orchestrator

Univa License Orchestrator prioritizes the sharing of limited and expensive application license features according to business objectives by incorporating availability into Univa Grid Engine scheduling decisions. Univa License Orchestrator enables maximum workload throughput for users, groups or projects with flexible sharing policies and simple configuration bringing administration efficiency.

License Management Challenges

In highly competitive businesses getting to market quickly is paramount. Engineers, scientists and designers are under extreme pressure to design, test, and deliver results in tight timeframes, and a primary challenge that can hinder this process is prioritized access to expensive and scarce application license features. The pressure to contain or reduce cost in one of the largest IT software budgets demands an integrated and flexible approach to managing and optimizing licenses.

Configurable Sharing Policies & Quotas

Univa License Orchestrator integrates Univa Grid Engine policies for managing the allocation of license features across users, groups or projects.

• Functional – fixed minimal percentage by user, group (department) and project
• Fairshare – fair share of license usage by user, group (department) and project. Supports the ability to lend and borrow license features while maintaining percentage-based access.
• Quotas – assigned quotas and limits of usage per user, group or project
• Deadline – get access no later than at a designated time
• Urgency – automatic increase of access rights; over time or based on criticality of license need
• Reservation – point in time usage

Share Global License Pools Across Multiple Clusters

Global license pools can be shared across multiple Univa Grid Engine clusters with the ability to guarantee license available to users, groups or projects.

Automatically Detect License Features & Changes

OrganizationsÕ mix of license requirements change throughout the year. In these dynamic environments Univa License Orchestrator shines by automatically detecting changes to license counts in FlexNet Publisher.

Extreme Scalability & HA Built-in

Univa License Orchestrator is designed by the same people who developed Grid Engine - which has been battle-tested in thousands of mission critical environments across the globe - and this allows tight integration inside the scheduler which can only be found in Univa Grid Engine.