Platform LSF Administration Guide Version 6.2

Chapter 8
Platform LSF Licensing
Administering Platform LSF
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Installing a Permanent License
This section includes instructions for licensing LSF with a new permanent license.
If you have not yet installed LSF, you can use a demo license to get started. See
“Installing a Demo License” on page 173.
If you already have LSF, see “Installing a permanent license for the first time” on
page 175.
Installing a permanent license for the first time
If you are switching from a demo license to a permanent license, follow these
instructions to set up the permanent license. You can discard the old demo license; LSF
cannot use both licenses at the same time.
If you just need to update an existing permanent license, see “Updating a License” on
page 180.
1 Acquire your permanent license.
See “Getting a permanent license” on page 176.
2 When you receive your license file, save it as license.dat.
See “Viewing and editing the license file” on page 177.
3 Edit the DAEMON line in the license file to point to the LSF vendor license
daemon
lsf_ld. The LSF vendor license daemon is installed in
LSF_SERVERDIR (defined
lsf.conf or set in your environment).
For example:
DAEMON lsf_ld /usr/share/lsf/lsf_62/6.2/sparc-
sol2/etc/lsf_ld
The lsf_ld binary should be available to the FLEXlm server using this path.
4 Verify that the LSF products enabled by the PRODUCTS line in
LSF_CONFDIR/lsf.cluster.cluster_name are licensed by features in the
license file.
For example, if the PRODUCTS line contains:
PRODUCTS=LSF_Make LSF_MultiCluster
then your license must include FEATURE lines such as:
FEATURE lsf_make lsf_ld 6.200 1-jun-0000 10 DCF7C3D92A5471A12345 "Platform"
FEATURE lsf_multicluster lsf_ld 6.200 1-jun-0000 10 4CF7D37944B023A12345
"Platform"
If your do not have licenses for some products in the PRODUCTS line, contact
Platform at
[e-mail] or your Platform LSF vendor. To continue
installing your permanent license, remove the unlicensed products from the
PRODUCTS line.
See “Licensing LSF products and features” on page 178.
5 Make sure the file is in a location where it can be accessed by the license server
daemons.
See “Location of the LSF license file for a permanent license” on page 177.
6 Set the LSF_LICENSE_FILE parameter to point to your license file.