License keys part 2: Quest is licensed based on copies of “Object Code”.

You also need to understand the bundling.

License keys for the Toad products you need to know what license keys are deployed to each machine to understand the enabled features.

It was what the product reported as in use, its what their sales pricing manual said until at least 2015. This changed sometime about 8-10 years ago in the metric definitions, but Quest kept selling it on a enabled user basis up until recently. An “Enabled user” metric doesn’t mean enabled user.

Changing metrics The Fairview court case highlighted this.

A good way to identify actual users of a server copy is to inventory user profiles on a server - an application folder will exist on their server user profile that belies their use of the software and their license key will be stored there.Ī lot of stuff has been covered, but Quest can be a nightmare: Meaning that they own a license key but your inventory does not pick up the user through desktop reports. Note that users who connect to a server copy of the software might not actually have a desktop installation. Quest loves to uncover usage on Servers and point to the maximum number of users who can access the server as a starting point for usage.

Refuse any script deployment and only provide license key screenshots as part of submission.

those machines which appear as part of the keyword search. Only supply information on machines which are in scope - i.e. Raise NDA to limit scope to specific product/families and geographies. Identify and uninstall unintended SQL Optimiser deployments where your license only entitles for Toad Base since Optimiser requires an Expert license.Įstablish regular re-harvesting of non-used Quest software. Keep track of the versions - don’t allow more higher versions than we are entitled to.Ĭapture license key screenshots from all users and maintain this process for additional users.Įnsure all dodgy license keys or keys not registered to your company, are replaced with valid keys.

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