Licensing

MFSQL Connector is a subscription-licensed product, paid annually in advance. Each license is tied to the M-Files Server serial number, licensed modules, and the expiry date.

The license is activated with a license file (.lic extension).

It will stop operating when the current date is greater than the expiry date or the M-Files serial number has changed.

The system will throw an error when a procedure or function is used that is not included in the scope of the licensed module.

You can renew the license ahead of the expiry date by contacting your reseller or support.

License validity check

The license validity check is performed once a day. A notification is trigger daily when the license is 30 days or less from the expiry date.

The notification will be emailed if MFSQL Connector error log emails has been activated. The notifications are also updated in the MFLog table.

The spMFVaultConnectionTest includes a license validity check.

You can also perform the license check with spMFCheckLicenseStatus. The expected return value is 1. Using @Debug = 1 will show more details about the license check.

The table MFModule is used to track the license and when it last performed a check.

Updating the license

After the license has been updated, run spMFCheckLicenseStatus to force a license check and cancel the expiry notification.

Set the parameter @IsLicenseUpdate = 1 when running this procedure.