Community Archive (Customer) asked a question.

November 4, 2019 at 2:31 PM
What are the restrictions of the Starter Edition? (and other questions)

I am thinking of trying out the Starter Edition on my own home servers and cloud instances, to get familiar with the software.

 

What are the restrictions of the Starter Edition, bearing in mind that I have not used Whatsup Gold before?

 

Does this software require a Linux or Windows server? Can it be cleanly uninstalled?

 

Does the Starter Edition only work for one year? What happens after that?

 

Thanks

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  • Community Archive (Customer)

    It may leave a folder or two and log files behind, but otherwise it comes off pretty clean. Yes you can run it on virtual machines, must be windows OS.

     

    If you have it, or after you have it installed, check the license (HELP: About) and see if it has an expiration date or says perpetual. Perpetual mean that it will still run, pretty much forever, but without any kind of service agreement. IF there is an expiration, then yes it will stop.

  • Community Archive (Customer)

    That's a pity. So can it be cleanly uninstalled after that, or can it be run within a Docker container?

    Thanks.

  • Community Archive (Customer)

    It is a 5 point license. So you can monitor 5 devices. Each monitored device takes 1 point. Yes, after a year, the Ipswitch Services Control Manager will cease to run. Unless someone else knows different.