HP Remote Graphics Software - Licensing Guide

3 Installing and configuring the FLEXnet
license server
The FLEXnet license server is required only if you’re using the HP RGS floating license.
Before you install the license server
This section provides information to help you plan your installation of the FLEXnet license server.
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The Windows 32-bit version of the FLEXnet license server is provided with the RGS product.
The Windows 32-bit license server can be installed on any modern Windows OS—Windows XP
Pro, Windows XP Pro x64 Edition, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server.
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A Linux version of the FLEXnet license server is available from HP—please contact your HP
Sales Representative if you need the Linux license server.
NOTE: The RGS FLEXnet license server can only be run on Windows and Linux operating systems.
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The license server is usually installed on a computer other than one of the computers running
the RGS Sender. However, nothing prohibits installing the license server on an RGS Sender
computer.
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When the license server is active, the following processes will be running:
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lmtools.exe
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HPQ.exe
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Imgrd.exe (x2)
NOTE: Two separate lmgrd.exe processes will be running, one as a service. Two
processes are required because the Windows Vista and Windows 7 security architecture
enforces restrictions on running processes within a service.
NOTE: The Linux FLEXnet license server will have two associated processes, Lmgrd and HPQ.
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The HPQ.exe “vendor daemon” interfaces with the RGS Sender and provides license server
functions specific to HP, such as counting RGS floating licenses.
NOTE: Other products, such as HP OpenView, also have a vendor daemon named HPQ.exe.
The different HPQ.exe executables may not be interchangeable. Furthermore, only one
HPQ.exe can execute at a time on the license server computer. Therefore, a single computer
cannot run two FLEXnet license servers simultaneously.
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The RGS license does not support FLEXnet's three-server redundancy capability, also known as
triad license servers.
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During license server installation, the FLEXnet administration utility, LMTOOLS, is installed.
LMTOOLS provides a graphical user interface that allows you to administer the license server.
See
Using LMTOOLS on page 8.
6 Chapter 3 Installing and configuring the FLEXnet license server