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Appendix B - License File Format
License File Syntax
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port TCP/IP port number to use. A valid number is any unused
port number between 0 and 64000. On UNIX, choose a
port >1024, since those <1024 are privileged port numbers.
If no TCP/IP port number is specified, one of the default
ports in the range of 27000 and 27009 is used.
SERVER lines specifying servers in a three-server
redundant license server system configuration require a
port number to be specified; Macrovision recommends
using port numbers outside the range of 27000 through
27009.
PRIMARY_IS_MASTER
For a three-server redundant configuration, indicates how
master control is transitioned between the primary and
secondary servers.
• If set and the primary server goes down, the secondary
server becomes the master and transitions control back
to the primary server as soon as it comes back up.
• If not set and the primary server goes down, the
secondary server becomes the master and remains the
master even when the primary server comes back up.
If both primary and secondary go down, licenses are no
longer served. In no instance does the tertiary server
become the master.
This parameter is optional and is placed on the first
SERVER line in the license file. You must be running a
v10.8 vendor daemon to use this parameter.
SERVER_TIMEOUT=
seconds
For a three-server redundant configuration, indicates how
long a server waits to receive a heartbeat from another
server in the configuration before shutting itself down.
seconds is used in the following equation to calculate the
timeout:
timeout = (3 x seconds) + (seconds - 1)
If not specified, the default value for seconds is 20,
equating to a timeout of 79 seconds. Valid values for
seconds are 0 through 120.
This parameter is optional and is placed on the first
SERVER line in the license file. You must be running a
v10.8 vendor daemon to use this parameter.
Field Description