User guide

Chapter 8 - Mobile Licensing
Node-Locked to a FLEXid with FLOAT_OK (Windows Only)
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Returning a FLEXid with FLOAT_OK License
To return the license to the license server machine so it floats on the network again, the end user:
1. Removes the FLEXid from the client machine and replaces it on the license server machine.
2. Rereads the license file for the license server that serves the floating version of the license
by running
lmreread. When the FLEXid is returned to the license server machine, the
FLOAT_OK license does not float on the network again until
lmreread is run.
FLEXid with FLOAT_OK Example
The following is a sample license file issued to a end-user site. It is shipped with two FLEXids:
FLEXID=7-b28520b9 and FLEXID=7-b2857678.
SERVER myhost ANY
VENDOR sampled
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.0 permanent uncounted FLOAT_OK \
HOSTID=FLEXID=7-b28520b9 SIGN=123456789012
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.0 permanent uncounted FLOAT_OK \
HOSTID=FLEXID=7-b2857678 SIGN=ABCDEF123456
The end user installs the license file and the two FLEXids on the license server machine. When
attached to the license server machine, each uncounted FLOAT_OK license floats on the
network and allows a single use. Therefore, up to two users can use “f1” on the end user’s
network, except on the license server machine itself, where the license use is disallowed.
If an end user wants to work at home, the end user installs a license file that contains the
FEATURE line node-locked to
FLEXID=7-b28520b9 (this only needs to be done once),
transfers the FLEXid
FLEXID=7-b28520b9 from the license server machine to the client
computer, and installs the FLEXid driver on the client computer (this also only needs to be done
once). The end user disconnects the client computer from the network and uses the transferred
FLOAT_OK license on the client computer. The license server allows only the single remaining
FLOAT_OK license to float on the network.
After returning the FLEXid to the license server machine, the end user (or the system
administrator) runs
lmreread so the returned license can float again.
FLEXNET LICENSING VERSION NOTES
• FLOAT_OK keyword introduced in v8.0 client library, license manager daemon, and
vendor daemon. All components must be v8.0+ in order to use FLOAT_OK.