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Appendix E: License
Manager Commands
Overview
Publicly distributed versions of Vividata products use a proprietary license
manager. This section will describe the usage of the license manager as it pertains
to Vividata products, including determining the lmhostid necessary for license
keys to be issued, diagnosing the license keys and license server, and additional
configuration information.
License Manager Utilities
You will find the various license manager utilities discussed below in the
$VV_HOME/bin directory after you have installed a Vividata product containing
the license manager. This set of utilities currently includes lmutil and six links to
this file: lmdiag, lmdown, lmhostid, lmremove, lmreread, and lmstat. The license
daemons, found in the same directory, are lmgrd and vv_d2.
The License Daemon
A license daemon runs in the background in order for the license manager to
operate properly. The daemon is started automatically by the Vividata software
and the process is named either “vvlicense” or has the same name as the software
binary, depending on the system. The user never starts the license manager or
daemon by hand. If for some reason the license daemon needs to be stopped, the
“vvlmstop” utility (described below) should be used to stop the program
gracefully.
License File Format
The license file is plain text and contains a long encrypted string that encodes the
license(s). Usually a short text string is concatentated to the right of the license
string, along with the serial number(s). More than one license for the same