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Chapter 3 - Managing Licenses from Multiple Vendors
Multiple Machines
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Multiple Machines
In this scenario, each distinct vendor daemon and its associated license file or files is located on
a separate server machine. Each machine serves licenses just for its vendor daemon and runs its
own local copy of
lmgrd. Figure 3-1 shows this arrangement.
Figure 3-1: Multiple Server Machines
Advantages
• The license files for each vendor are independent from one another.
• Machines are maintained separately. If one machine goes down, the other machines
continue to serve licenses for their vendors.
• Each server has its own debug log.
• Licensing load is distributed.
Disadvantages
• Administrative overhead is the highest.
• If one machine goes down, licensing for the vendor’s product associated with that machine
is down.
Starting the License Server
Invoke the license manager daemon on each machine:
lmgrd -c server_machine_n_license_list
Where server_machine_n_license_list is a license-file list as described in “Managing
Multiple License Files.” Each
lmgrd starts the vendor daemon referred to in its license file(s).
Server Machine1
Vendor ABC’s
License File(s)
lmgrd
License Server
Vendor
ABC
Daemon
Server Machine2...
Vendor DEF’s
License File(s)
lmgrd
License Server
Vendor
DEF
Daemon
...Server Machine n
Vendor XYZ’s
License File(s)
lmgrd
License Server
Vendor
XYZ
Daemon