✎ [V8][V9] FAQ: How to determine the number of client licenses required before upgrading from AhsayOBS version 6 to AhsayCBS? [Ahsay Wiki]

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===== [V8][V9] FAQ: How to determine the number of client licenses required before upgrading from AhsayOBS version 6 to AhsayCBS?   =====

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 2019-03-27
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  Product Version:
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 Ahsay Software: 8.1 to 8.x
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 Ahsay Software: 9.1 to 9.x
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 OS: All platforms
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===== Description =====
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The license model of version 8 has changed (change was actually implemented since version 7), client application usages are now calculated per device/installation basis, so if you are upgrading from version 6 to AhsayCBS version 8, you will need to pay attention to the new license requirement.<br><br>
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The license model for AhsayCBS (v7+) has changed, client application usages are now calculated per device/installation basis, so if you are upgrading from version 6 to AhsayCBS, you will need to pay attention to the new license requirement.<br><br>

This article describes the steps to determine the number of additional AhsayOBM / ACB licenses required before you perform the upgrade.
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===== Steps =====
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To determine the number of client licenses required, refer to the following steps:
 <ul>
  <li>

    <font color=black SIZE=+2>For installation on Windows:</font>
   
   <br/>
   <br/>
   <ol>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Download the license requirement calculator by <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ahsay-dn/v7/check-v7-license-required.zip">Clicking Here</a>.</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Extract the downloaded zip file to the AhsayOBS installation folder.</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>In command prompt, browse to the "check" folder, for example:</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="500">
      <td bgcolor="#000000" valign="top">
       <font color=#FFFFFF>
        &gt;cd %OBS_HOME%\check
       </font>
      </td>
     </table>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Execute the "ShowV7Usage.bat" batch file, for example:</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="500">
      <td bgcolor="#000000" valign="top">
       <font color=#FFFFFF>
        &gt;ShowV7Usage.bat
       </font>
      </td>
     </table>
    </li>
    <li>
    <font color=black>Open the output "usage.xml" file found within the same folder with a text editor (e.g. Notepad++).</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>The current license usages and new license required will be displayed at the end of the file:</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
      <tr>
       <td align="center" style="BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #969696">
        <b><font color=black>usage.xml</font></b>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>...</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/User&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;ObmCountV6&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>103</font><font color=black>&lt;/ObmCountV6&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;AcbCountV6&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>14</font><font color=black>&lt;/AcbCountV6&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;ObmCountV7&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>126</font><font color=black>&lt;/ObmCountV7&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;AcbCountV7&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>14</font><font color=black>&lt;/AcbCountV7&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/Users&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
     </table>
     <font color=black>From the above example:
     <br/>
     <br/>
     ObmCountV6 = AhsayOBM licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 103)
     <br/>
     AcbCountV6 = AhsayACB licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 14)
     <br/>
     <br/>
     ObmCountV7 = AhsayOBM licenses to be required in version 8 (e.g. 126)
     <br/>
     AcbCountV7 = AhsayACB licenses to be required in version 8 (e.g. 14)
     <br/>
     <br/>
     You will need an additional of 23 AhsayOBM device licenses (e.g. 126 - 103 = 23) when upgrading from version 6 to 8.
     <br/>
     <br/>
     Note:
     <br>
     Ignore the parameters' name reference to version 7 (e.g. ObmCount<font color=red>V7</font> and AcbCount<font color=red>V7</font>), the license requirement for version 7 and 8 are identical. &nbsp;Also, the numbers used above are for example purposes only.
     </font>
    </li>
   </ol>
   <br/>
   <br/>
  </li>
  <li>

   <HR>   
   <font color=black SIZE=+2>For installation on Linux:</font>
  
   <br/>
   <br/>
   <ol>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Download the license requirement calculator by
     <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ahsay-dn/v7/check-v7-license-required.zip">Clicking Here</a>.</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Extract the downloaded zip file to the AhsayOBS installation folder.</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Browse to the "check" folder from the extracted file, for example:</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="500">
      <td bgcolor="#000000" valign="top">
       <font color=#FFFFFF>
        &gt;cd $OBS_HOME/check
       </font>
      </td>
     </table>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Execute the "ShowV7Usage.sh" script file:</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="500">
      <td bgcolor="#000000" valign="top">
       <font color=#FFFFFF>
       &gt;./ShowV7Usage.sh
       </font>
      </td>
     </table>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Open the output "usage.xml" file found within the same folder with a text editor.</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>The current license usages and new license required will be displayed at the end of the file:</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
     
     
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
      <tr>
       <td align="center" style="BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #969696">
        <b><font color=black>usage.xml</font></b>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>...</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/User&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;ObmCountV6&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>103</font><font color=black>&lt;/ObmCountV6&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;AcbCountV6&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>14</font><font color=black>&lt;/AcbCountV6&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;ObmCountV7&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>126</font><font color=black>&lt;/ObmCountV7&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;AcbCountV7&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>14</font><font color=black>&lt;/AcbCountV7&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/Users&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
     </table>
     <font color=black>From the above example:
     <br/>
     <br/>
     ObmCountV6 = AhsayOBM licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 103)
     <br/>
     AcbCountV6 = AhsayACB licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 14)
     <br/>
     <br/>
     ObmCountV7 = AhsayOBM licenses to be required in version 8 (e.g. 126)
     <br/>
     AcbCountV7 = AhsayACB licenses to be required in version 8 (e.g. 14)
     <br/>
     <br/>
     You will need an additional of 23 AhsayOBM device licenses (e.g. 126 - 103 = 23) when upgrading from version 6 to 8.
     <br/>
     <br/>
     Note:
     <br>
     Ignore the parameters' name reference to version 7 (e.g. ObmCount<font color=red>V7</font> and AcbCount<font color=red>V7</font>), the license requirement for version 7 and 8 are identical. &nbsp;Also, the numbers used above are for example purposes only.
     </font>
     
    </li>
   </ol>
   <br/>
   <br/>
  </li>
  <li>

   <HR>   
   <font color=black SIZE=+2>For AhsayUBS</font>:
   <br/>
   <br/>
   <ol>
    <li>
      <font color=black>Download the license requirement calculator by <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ahsay-dn/v7/check-v7-license-required.zip">Clicking Here</a>, or by running the 'fetch' command.</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="500">
      <td bgcolor="#000000" valign="top">
       <font color=#FFFFFF>
        &gt;fetch https://s3.amazonaws.com/ahsay-dn/v7/check-v7-license-required.zip
       </font>
      </td>
     </table>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Extract the downloaded zip file to the AhsayOBS installation directory (e.g. /ubs/mnt/esfmfw/obsr/system/obsr)</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Browse to the "check" folder from the extracted file, for example:</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="500">
      <td bgcolor="#000000" valign="top">
       <font color=#FFFFFF>
        &gt;cd $OBS_HOME/check
       </font>
      </td>
     </table>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Execute the "ShowV7Usage.sh" script file:</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="500">
      <td bgcolor="#000000" valign="top">
       <font color=#FFFFFF>
        &gt;./ShowV7Usage.sh
       </font>
      </td>
     </table>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>Open the output "usage.xml" file found within the same folder with a text editor.</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>
    </li>
    <li>
     <font color=black>The current license usages and new license required will be displayed at the end of the file:</font>
     <br/>
     <br/>


     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
      <tr>
       <td align="center" style="BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #969696">
        <b><font color=black>usage.xml</font></b>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>...</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/User&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;ObmCountV6&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>103</font><font color=black>&lt;/ObmCountV6&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;AcbCountV6&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>14</font><font color=black>&lt;/AcbCountV6&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;ObmCountV7&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>126</font><font color=black>&lt;/ObmCountV7&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;AcbCountV7&gt;</font><font color=#FF0000>14</font><font color=black>&lt;/AcbCountV7&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td style="BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eaeaea">
        <font color=black>&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/Users&gt;</font>
       </td>
      </tr>
     </table>
     <font color=black>From the above example:
     <br/>
     <br/>
     ObmCountV6 = AhsayOBM licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 103)
     <br/>
     AcbCountV6 = AhsayACB licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 14)
     <br/>
     <br/>
     ObmCountV7 = AhsayOBM licenses to be required in version 8 (e.g. 126)
     <br/>
     AcbCountV7 = AhsayACB licenses to be required in version 8 (e.g. 14)
     <br/>
     <br/>
     You will need an additional of 23 AhsayOBM device licenses (e.g. 126 - 103 = 23) when upgrading from version 6 to 8.
     <br/>
     <br/>
     Note:
     <br>
     Ignore the parameters' name reference to version 7 (e.g. ObmCount<font color=red>V7</font> and AcbCount<font color=red>V7</font>), the license requirement for version 7 and 8 are identical. &nbsp;Also, the numbers used above are for example purposes only.
     </font>
     
     
    </li>
   </ol>
  </li>
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