User guide

Chapter 3 - Managing Licenses from Multiple Vendors
Additional Considerations
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lmgrd builds up an internal license-file list when it starts up by parsing each license-file list
component in the order listed.
Some scenarios where a license-file list is used include those described in “Multiple Machines”
“One Machine with Multiple License Servers” or “One Machine with One License Server and
Multiple License Files.” :
See Also
• “Setting the Path with an Environment Variable”
• “Redundancy via License-File List”
• Appendix D, “FLEXnet Licensing Environment Variables”
Additional Considerations
Combining license files
If you have two or more products whose licenses are intended for the same machine, as
specified by their SERVER lines, you may be able to combine the license files into a single
license file. The license files for the models described in “One Machine with Multiple License
Servers” and “One Machine with One License Server and Multiple License Files” could be
combined if they met certain criteria. See “Criteria for Combining License Files.”
Figure 3-4 shows one possible scenario using a combined license file.
Figure 3-4: One lmgrd, One License File
Advantages
• A single license file to administer.
• Once the files are combined, there is low administrative overhead.
Single Server Machine
Combined
License File
lmgrd
Vendor
DEF
Daemon
Vendor
ABC
Daemon
Vendor
XYZ
Daemon
License Server