Platform LSF Administrator's Primer Version 6.2
Setting up a Permanent LSF License
Platform LSF Administrator’s Primer
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Setting up a Permanent LSF License
Contents
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“Getting information needed for a permanent license” on page 42
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“Getting a license key” on page 42
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“Example permanent license file” on page 41
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“Preparing and installing a permanent license” on page 43
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“Starting the license server daemon (lmgrd)” on page 42
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“Checking the license status (lmstat)” on page 44
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“Updating an existing permanent license” on page 45
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“If you have problems” on page 45
See Administering Platform LSF for more information about working with LSF
licenses.
Getting information needed for a permanent license
To install LSF software for production use, choose a host as an LSF license server and
get a permanent license from Platform or your LSF vendor. You must supply a hardware
host name and host identifier for each license server host at your site.
lmhostid
Use the lmhostid command to get the hardware identifier for your license server. For
example:
# lmhostid
lmhostid - Copyright (C) 1989-2005 Globetrotter Software, Inc.
The FLEXlm host ID of this machine is "68044d20"
The lmhostid command is in LSF_SERVERDIR. For example:
/usr/share/lsf/lsf_62/6.2/sparc-sol2/etc/lmhostid
Getting a license key
Send the host name and host identifier of the license server host to Platform at
license@platform.com or your LSF vendor.
Changing your
license server host
To change your license server to another host, run lmhostid on the new license server
and send the output of to
license@platform.com or your LSF vendor.
Starting the license server daemon (lmgrd)
The license server daemon lmgrd must be running before you start LSF daemons. The
path to the LSF vendor license daemon
lsf_ld must be specified in the DAEMON
line of the license file. For example:
DAEMON lsf_ld /usr/share/lsf/lsf_62/6.2/sparc-sol2/etc/lsf_ld
lmgrd
To start the license daemons:
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Log on to the license server host as LSF administrator. Do not run lmgrd as root.
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Use the lmgrd command to start the license server daemon. For example:
% lmgrd -c /usr/share/lsf/lsf_62/conf/license.dat -l
/usr/share/lsf/lsf_62/log/license.log
The lmgrd command is in LSF_SERVERDIR. For example:
/usr/share/lsf/lsf_62/6.2/sparc-sol2/etc/lmgrd