Workstation User’s Manual
400 VMware, Inc.
Youcanalsosetandcustomizeawarningmessagethatappearseachtimeaninstance
powersonastheexpirationdateapproaches.Anexpirationmessageappearswhenthe
instanceexpiresandtheinstancecannolongerbepoweredon.
AstandaloneACEinstancehasthesameexpirationpolicyasallinstancescreatedfrom
theco
rres
pondingACEpackage.Thefixedexpirationdateorthefixeddaterangeis
establishedatactivationtime.Eachtimetheuserpowersontheinstance,thedateor
daterangeischecked.Expirationchecksarealsoperformedwhiletheinstanceis
running.Iftheexpirationisreached,anexpi
rationmessageappear
sandtheinstanceis
suspended.
WithamanagedACEinstance,theexpirationpolicyworkssimilarlyasforstandalone
instances,buttheexpirationpolicyvaluecanbespecifiedforindividualinstances.A
validdaterangeforanACE‐enabledvirtualmachineappliestoeachofitsassociated
ACEinstancesunti
laninstan
ceisindividuallyconfiguredwithitsowndaterange.
Afterthatconfiguration,anychangestotheACE‐enabledvirtualmachine’sexpiration
policydonotaffecttheinstance.Allexpirationvalues,bothforACE‐enabledvirtual
machinesandforallACEinstances,aredynamic.Thismeansthatafteryouchang
ethe
valueandpublishthepolicyupdatetoACEManagementServer,ACEinstancesgetthe
newvaluethenexttimetheycheckforpolicyupdates.
Setting Copy Protection Policies
CopyprotectionpoliciesensurethatanACEinstancerunsonlyfromthelocation
whereitwasoriginallyinstalled.Ifyoucopy‐protectanACEinstance,itsfilescanbe
movedorcopied,buttheinstancecannotrunfromthenewlocation.
ForstandaloneACEinstances,youcanspecifywhethercopyingandmovingare
allow
ed.Fo
rmanagedACEinstances,youcanspecifywhetherbothcopyingand
movingareallowedorwhetheronlymovingisallowed.Inthiscase,onlyonecopyof
theACEinstanceisallowedtorunatatime.
Iftheusermovesorcopiesacopy‐protectedACEinstanceandtrie
storun
it,anerror
messageappears.Itlistsanalphanumericstringthattheusercansendtothesystem
administratororhelpdeskassistanttogetthecopyprotectionchanged.
Formanagedinstances,youcanalsodynamicallychangethecopyprotectionsettings,
switchingthesettingssothatmovedorcopi
edinstanceswillrun
ornotrun.Thismeans
thatafteryouchangethevalueandpublishthepolicyupdatetoACEManagement
Server,ACEinstancesgetthenewvaluethenexttimetheycheckforpolicyupdates.
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