User guide

FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide ix

Preface

Welcome to FLEXnet Licensing, the de facto standard network license manager used by over

2000 leading software vendors to control the use of their software products. FLEXnet Licensing

is a part of FLEXnet Publisher. If you are a system administrator or end user, chances are one

or more of the products currently on your network is FLEXenabled.

About This Manual

This manual explains FLEXnet Licensing for administrators and end users and describes how

to use the tools which are part of the standard FLEXnet Licensing distribution kit from your

vendor.

Keep in mind that certain topics (such as password encryption) are vendor-specific and

proprietary so they are not documented in any detail. Also, because FLEXnet Licensing does

not enforce a particular licensing strategy, each vendor’s implementation has subtle differences.

If you do not find out what you need to know here, contact your vendor’s technical support

group.

Versions of FLEXnet Licensing

This manual covers features of interest to license administrators and end users of FLEXnet

Licensing v10.0 and FLEXlm versions 5.0 through 9.3. The text presents FLEXnet Licensing

v10.0 behavior and functionality. Differing behavior and functionality, if any, between the

current and past versions for a particular feature is noted at the end of the its section.

Additionally, Appendix H, “FLEXnet Licensing Versions,” covers version differences in

detail.