HP Micro Focus Object COBOL/UX Release Notes for Version B.13.35

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License Management with FLEXlm and COBOL

Installing and Setting Up the FLEXlm License Manager

All path references and examples in this document refer to this default

path. If you install your FLEXlm components in a different location or if

you already had a version of FLEXlm installed, please note that your

FLEXlm location will be different than the examples in this document.

Installing FLEXlm with hpmfocdsini

The FLEXlm software is not automatically installed when the COBOL is

installed. However, the HP Micro Focus Object COBOL/UX components

will not operate without it. Therefore, if you do not already have

FLEXlm installed (it may have been installed with another licensed

application you use), you must install FLEXlm after you install HP Micro

Focus Object COBOL/UX. HP has provided the hpmfocdsini script

that will help you install and conﬁgure FLEXlm.

IMPORTANT You must run the hpmfocdsini script even if you already have FLEXlm

installed. It also identiﬁes your hostid and hostname; you need this

information to redeem your licenses.

NOTE To successfully complete hpmfocdsini you must be logged in on the

system(s) that will be your license server(s) as a user with sufﬁcient

capabilities to create ﬁles and subdirectories in the locations where the

FLEXlm components will be installed. In many cases this will be root or

superuser. The recommended location is /usr/local/flexlm.

To start, from your shell prompt, run hpmfocdsini:

$ cd /opt/cobol/cobdir

$ ./hpmfocdsini

This conﬁguration script installs the FLEXlm components and provides

the hostid and hostname information you will need to redeem your

licenses.

If you plan to set up redundant servers, the output from this script also

provides basic instructions for setting them up. For more detailed

information, see the GLOBEtrotter FLEXlm End User Manual at

http:\\www.globetrotter.com