Setting up licensing

License requirements exist for both the Microsoft Remote Desktop Services server and the DeltaV Remote Client. It is the administrator's responsibility to determine the Microsoft licensing requirements. DeltaV licenses for remote use are based on the existing license structure for DeltaV workstations. This section includes some considerations for setting up licenses for use by Remote Client nodes.

Licenses are assigned to Remote Client sessions, which are treated like Operator Stations with respect to DeltaV licensing:

• You can assign licenses to Remote Client sessions using the drag and drop method in DeltaV Explorer. (Licenses can also be assigned by right-clicking the Remote Client session, selecting Licensing → Assign License, and then selecting from the list of available licenses.)
• You can review the licensing for a Remote Client session using the Properties dialog for the session. (In DeltaV Explorer, right-click the session and select Properties; then click the Licensing tab of the Properties dialog.)
• Remote Client sessions appear in the system-wide Licensing report.

Users may wish to license each Remote Client session at a different level, particularly if some sessions will be used exclusively for specific tasks such as viewing or maintenance. For example, sessions may be licensed as

• a full operator interface session (An Operator Station license is needed with an appropriate DST size.)
• a maintenance session (Only a Maintenance Station license is needed.)
• a full professional session (a Professional Station license with up to 30,000 DSTs.)

Each Remote Client session must have an assigned plant area or a set of plant areas. This is done by assigning the plant areas to the Alarms and Events object under a Remote Client session in the DeltaV Explorer. (The assignment can be done using the drag and drop method or by right-clicking the Alarms and Events object and selecting Assign Area.)

Any Remote Client session using OPC licenses on an Operator Station (such as when running the DeltaV Excel Add-in) requires that the OPC license be assigned to the host machine (the DeltaV machine acting as the Remote Desktop Services server). This allows the license to be shared by the remote sessions.