FAQ: What Are Procedures for Classified Licensing (V10

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Badri Lakkur (Software Product Development) creates and distributes ASR/UFFS/UFFC (Classified) Licenses. If you are provided an ASR/UFFC/UFFS that you've verified does not work, provide the file(s) to Badri Lakkur (mailto:blakkur@esri.com), cc Gregory Ponto (Implementation Technical Lead - mailto:gponto@esri.com) including the details of what you are seeing when you perform your testing on the file(s).
[edit] ASR License File
This is a classified file type intended for use with ArcGIS Desktop/Engine Single Use & Concurrent Use deployments. ASR files require a password, are not tied to any host machine, and can be authorized without limit on any system. That said, the actual data that is laid down on the system cannot be cloned or duplicated (a system authorized by an ASR when cloned will require a new authorization on any cloned systems).

ASR files do not communicate on the network to perform authorization and as such will function within an SCIF or other secured environment without an internet connection.
ASR licenses are cumulative, and can be authorized against a single product to add authorizations to the product.
[edit] Authorize ArcGIS Desktop/Engine with ASR File
Run "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin\SoftwareAuthorization.exe"
Choose: "I have received an authorization file from ESRI and am now ready to finish the authorization process."
Click Browse...
Select "All Files (*.*)" from the file type pull-down menu.
Locate your *.asr file and click Open.
Enter the password you have been provided for use with this ASR file.
Click "Next" and "Yes" when prompted.
[edit] Authorize ArcGIS License Manager with ASR File
Run "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\License10.0\bin\SoftwareAuthorizationLS.exe"
Choose: "I have received an authorization file from ESRI and am now ready to finish the authorization process."
Click Browse...
Select "All Files (*.*)" from the file type pull-down menu.
Locate your *.asr file and click Open.
Enter the password you have been provided for use with this ASR file.
Click "Next" and "Yes" when prompted.

Verify an ASR is Valid
An ASR file can be verified as valid by attempting to authorize the ASR file against the product (and version) it was intended for on one's own system (see above). Due to the nature of ASR files, they will not consume authorizations and can be authorized without limit for testing.

Some ASRs have embedded passwords that the user would need to provide to verify the validity of the license.
[edit] ASR Invalid - What now?
Provide the file(s) to Badri Lakkur (mailto:blakkur@esri.com), cc Gregory Ponto (Implementation Technical Lead) mailto:gponto@esri.com including the details of what you are seeing when you perform your testing on the file(s). Badri can re-generate the licenses if needed.

"Alternative" Offline Authorization
Classified organizations needing to perform authorizations without the use of a classified license file have historically made use of a workflow known as the "Alternative" Offline Authorization. Recent updates to the licensing model have made this method all but impossible to perform and it is not supported under any circumstances regardless of the nature of the organization.

The workflow has been preserved under "Alternative" Offline Authorization (http://fairfield/arcgis/index.php/%22Alternative%22_Offline_Authorization) for archival purposes only. This method of authorizing ArcGIS is not supported under any circumstances.

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