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Hi all,
i really appreciate new licensing scheme, anyway info are still not so clear so it's hard to understand what i can and cannot do.
Now i have subscription license which allows me to use up to 2GPUs and i'd like to upgrade to Enterprise rent license, which allows any number of GPUs.
Some questions:

- Should i kill current subscription and make a new one, or is there a way to upgrade current license ?
- Is new Enterprise subscription valid just for upcoming 2020, or can i buy it right now in order to use all my 3 GPUs with current Octane for Lw version (2019.x) ?
- Once i have new subscription, should i reinstall Octane 2019.x or accessing it with new credentials will automatically allow me to use all three GPUs with no need to do anything ?
- It seems there is no included ORC support for Enterprise subscription. This means i'll have to rely just on other renderfarms, or can i buy ORC credits separately to use with this license ?

Thanks in advance,
Paolo

Hi Paolo,

- Should i kill current subscription and make a new one, or is there a way to upgrade current license ?
Yes, to cancel a subscription, please, follow the instructions at the following link:
Managing OctaneVR Subscriptions

- Is new Enterprise subscription valid just for upcoming 2020, or can i buy it right now in order to use all my 3 GPUs with current Octane for Lw version (2019.x) ?
Yes sure, 2020 licenses offer you to download and run any 2020 version, and below.

- Once i have new subscription, should i reinstall Octane 2019.x or accessing it with new credentials will automatically allow me to use all three GPUs with no need to do anything ?
Yes, remove Studio versions and install Enterprise versions:
https://render.otoy.com/account/download_archive.php

- It seems there is no included ORC support for Enterprise subscription. This means i'll have to rely just on other renderfarms, or can i buy ORC credits separately to use with this license ?
ORC should be included, please write to [email protected] for confirmation.

Happy GPU Rendering,
ciao Beppe

Hi Beppe,
thank you for answering - and sorry for double questions, since i asked same things via ticket.
I feel that, given the confusion on licensing, keeping info here ay be useful for other as well.
So, now i know i'll be able to keep using 2019.x even with new enterprise rent.

Further question is: since i've to kill current subscription (which ends in mid december) and make a new one, in theory new one will be active as soon as older one expires.
Is there a way to use new subscription (and thus use all GPUs) immediately after purchase, instead of having to wait mid december ?
BTW i'm OK even if i lose paid period for old subscription, until i can step immediately on new one.

Thanks again,
Paolo