User guide

Appendix H - FLEXnet Licensing Versions
Version Summary
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• Added multiple jobs for enhanced support of LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable as
a license-file list
• New, optional license file format with
keyword=value syntax for optional new features,
including: asset_info, ISSUER, and NOTICE, “ \ ” license file continuation character, 2048
character limit per feature
v4.0—December 1994
• Removed use of floating point, for enhanced reliability
• FEATURE line additions: ck, OVERDRAFT, DUP_GROUP, INTERNET hostid
• PACKAGE line
• License Finder
•
lmdiag and FLEXLM_DIAGNOSTICS for end-user diagnostics
v4.1—May 1995
• Performance improvements and new platform support
v4.1—Patch Release 6, October 1995
• Windows patch release for Windows 95 with various performance improvements
v5.0—March 1996
• Improved port@host behavior—FLEXenabled application doesn’t read license file
• Automatic
port@host via USE_SERVER line in license file
• Hostid lists—lock a feature to several hostids
• New FEATURE attributes: SN (serial number), USER_BASED, HOST_BASED,
MINIMUM, SUPERSEDE, ISSUED (issued date), CAPACITY (charging based on
system capacity)
• Optional avoidance of NIS and DNS via IP address instead of host name
• Improved report log file format
• Server, upon startup, notifies of licenses that expire within two weeks
• Improved end-user options file functionality
v5.11—February 1997
• SUPERSEDE lists, PLATFORMS= license attribute,
• new end-user options: MAX, TIMEOUTALL
• Windows control panel added
• Windows license generator
GENLIC added
v5.12—April 1997
• Performance improvements and new platform support
v6.0—September 1997
• lmgrd can read multiple license files