Creating a Volume License Installer in NI VLM

1. The first page describes what the Volume License Installer will do. After reading this, click Next.
   
   
2. Second, specify the source of the software (usually the installer CD). Then select a destination to store the volume license installer. This location is usually a network drive accessible by the client computers. Enter the product name and version in the product name field and click Next.
   
   
3. The server hostname is entered for you. The administrator information that you provided in a previous step should also be displayed.  Fill in the information if it does not appear. Click Next.
   
   
4. In this dialog you will create configurations for the different groups that will use the license server.  It is recommended that you use a name which will identify to end-users their correct group (for example, "4th Floor Engineer" or "Test Lab 2").  After creating a name for a configuration, enter in the serial number for the product the group will be using (for example, LabVIEW Full Development System).  Then select the corresponding correct permission request for this configuration group (for example "LabVIEW Full Development System User-Based).  You only want to give permission for the product for which you are creating this volume license installer.
   
   Note: For creating a volume license installer with Academic Site License DVDs, see the related links section below.

Once your volume license installer is created, notify your end users where they can find the installer or burn CDs with this new installer to distribute to your users. When they install using this special volume license installer that you created, their software will automatically point to NI VLM to check for permission to run.   Please see the NI VLM help for more information.

Note: These instructions only apply to NI VLM 2.1.1 and later.  In NI VLM version 2.1 and earlier, Volume License Installers were called Network Installers.

Note:  If the installer requires two disks (for DevSuite or adding the device drivers disk), see either of the two Knowledge Base articles on these topics: Bundling DevSuite DVDs or Bundling LabVIEW Platform DVDs and Device Drivers DVD.