NI VLM 3.0 - automatically assigning users to a group

[noxus]

Hello,

We have different users all running our Network-based Volume License Installers...

We also have a whole set of different licenses available.

For new users, we want to assign them automatically to the "LV FDS concurrent" group.

Does anybody know if it is possible for new users to be assigned automatically to a certain group with the new NI VLM 3.0?

We would like all new users to be assigned to this group. They should not get the option (screen input) to select a group themselves!

Our special users (which need more priviliges/packages/...) will be assigned to another group by the license administrator...

So, in short, is it possible to create a network-based volume license installer that will force users to be assigned to a certain group? (LV FDS concurrent in our case)

Thanks in advance for the help!

Kind regards,

Dennis

[Nicholsj]

You can identify all other groups as 'private' so that they are not a visible selection during installation.

So if all groups are private except for "LV FDS concurrent", then new users will only have one choice available.

Don't hold me to that advice.  That's just what it appears like in the last couple days I've been playing with it.

-James

[Michael_W. · Accepted solution]

Hi Dennis,

This should be possible through the use of Group Unique IDs (GUIDs).  Please see this KnowledgeBase for instructions about obtaining GUIDs.

After you have the GUID, you can call either the setup.exe or vlmclient.exe with the -group(s) arguments as follows:

setup.exe -group {guid}

setup.exe -groups {guid 1}|{guid 2}

This will cause the installer to automatically request particular group permissions.

There are additional arguments such as -q that you can use to run the installer quietly.  You can find more details on these by running setup.exe -help.

Let me know if you have further questions or concerns.

Cheers,

Michael