LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Updating a License
164 Administering Platform LSF
Updating a License
This section is intended for those who are updating an existing LSF license file.
To switch your demo license to a permanent license, see Installing a Permanent
License on page 158.
To up d ate a li cense:
1 Contact Platform to get the license. See Requesting a new license on page 164.
2 Update the license using one of the following procedures
❖ Updating a license with FEATURE lines on page 164
❖ Update a license with INCREMENT lines on page 165
REMEMBER: After updating an existing LSF license file or adding FLEXlm licenses, you must use
lsadmin limrestart on the master LIM or lsadmin reconfig from any LIM to use the new licenses.
Requesting a new license
To update your license, contact Platform Computing or your Platform LSF vendor.
Since you already have a license, you will only receive new lines to put into your
existing file.
FEATURE LINES To update your license file, LSF licenses are sent to you in the form of FEATURE
license lines when you:
◆ Already have some LSF products, but purchase a new product for the first time
◆ Upgrade LSF to a newer version
◆ Already have LSF, but time-limited licenses have expired
INCREMENT LINES If you add hosts to your cluster and you already have an LSF product, licenses for
the additional hosts are normally sent to you in the form of INCREMENT license
lines.
Updating a license with FEATURE lines
FLEXlm only accepts one license key for each feature listed in a license file. If there
is more than one
FEATURE line for the same feature, only the first FEATURE line is
used.
If you received one or more
FEATURE lines, update your license by adding the lines
to your existing license file.
1 Edit your license.dat file using a text editor like vi or emacs.
See Viewing and editing the license file on page 159.
2 You should always have just one
FEATURE line for each LSF product:
❖ If this is the first time you have installed the product, append the FEATURE
line to your existing license file (if you wish, you can insert it anywhere
after the
SERVER line).
❖ If you already have a license for the product, replace the old FEATURE line
with the new line.