User guide

Chapter 1 - Introduction and Overview
Configuring FLEXnet Licensing
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Configuring FLEXnet Licensing
Most of the parameters of FLEXnet Licensing are configurable by the license administrator.
The license administrator can set the:
• Location of the license file (though it’s recommended that a copy or link of the license
remains at the location where the application expects it)
• Location of all executables
• Location of all log files
• TCP/IP port number used by the license manager process,
lmgrd
In addition, the license administrator can reserve licenses for specific users, machines, or
groups, and control other license-related options. Changing parameters is discussed in Chapter
5, “The Options File.”
Note Refer to your vendor’s documentation before attempting to change file names, locations, or
contents.
Getting Started Checklist
The following sections provide a quick overview of how to set up and use licensing for
FLEXenabled products.
Installing FLEXenabled Software
As a license administrator you are responsible for setting up licensing on your system or
network. This section tells you how to do that. If you are an end user of the application and you
are not involved in installing it, then go to “Notes for End Users.”
The installation guide for your application software is the final word on installing and
configuring FLEXnet Licensing. Generally, however, installing FLEXnet Licensing requires
the following steps:
1. Select your license server machines and get their hostids. See Chapter 4, “Selecting Server
Machines,” and Appendix A, “Hostids for FLEXnet Licensing-Supported Platforms.”
2. Give the hostids to your software vendor and get a license file (or the data to enter in the
license file) in return.
3. Consider how to manage license files from multiple vendors. See Chapter 3, “Managing
Licenses from Multiple Vendors.”
4. Determine if an options file is desired, and if so, set it up.
5. Determine where to install the FLEXnet Licensing utility programs such as
lmgrd and
lmutil (lmstat/lmdown/etc.) and install them, unless your vendor’s installation script
does so for you.