User guide

Chapter 2 - License File Basics
Types of License Files
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If the number of licenses is set to 0 (or uncounted), then the license is uncounted and unlimited
use is permitted on the specified machine. This configuration does not require an
lmgrd or a
vendor daemon because it is not going to count the concurrent usage of the features.
The following license file allows unlimited usage of feature “f1” on the machines with hostids
of “17007ea8” and “1700ab12”:
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.000 1-jan-2005 uncounted SIGN=signature1 \
HOSTID=17007ea8
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.000 1-jan-2005 uncounted SIGN=signature2 \
HOSTID=1700ab12
Alternately, these two FEATURE lines could have been issued by your software vendor with a
hostid list:
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.000 1-jan-2005 uncounted SIGN=signature \
HOSTID="17007ea8 1700ab12"
If these were the only FEATURE lines in this license file, no lmgrd daemon is necessary and
you do not need to start one.
The following license file provides three licenses for feature “f1”, locked to the machine with
hostid “1300ab43.” Since the license server and licenses are locked to the same machine, the
daemons run on the same machine that runs the FLEXenabled application.
SERVER lulu 1300ab43 1700
VENDOR sampled /etc/sampled
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.00 1-jan-2005 3 SIGN=signature \
HOSTID=1300ab43
Mixed Node-Locked and Floating Licenses
Uncounted node-locked and concurrent usage licenses can be mixed in the same license file.
The following license file allows unlimited use of feature “f1” on machines “17007ea8” and
“1700ab12,” while allowing two other licenses for feature “f1” to be used anywhere else on the
network:
SERVER lulu 17001234 1700
VENDOR sampled C:\flexlm\sampled.exe
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.00 1-jan-2005 uncounted SIGN=signature1 \
HOSTID=
17007ea8
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.00 1-jan-2005 uncounted SIGN=signature2 \
HOSTID=1700ab12
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.00 1-jan-2005 2 SIGN=signature3
This configuration requires an lmgrd and a vendor daemon because the concurrent usage of the
two licenses on the third FEATURE line is counted.