User guide

Appendix I - FLEXnet Licensing Versions
Version Summary
154 FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide
• FLEXlm license directory support: *.lic automatically used
• License files require no editing for use at the end-user site
• Optional path on DAEMON/VENDOR line; $
PATH environment variable used
• Decimal license format, with
lminstall utility for typing in licenses
• FEATURE lines are shorter, easier to understand and type in
• PACKAGE lines can be shipped in separate files that never require user editing
• Default TCP/IP port numbers make SERVER line port number optional
• Default end-user options file path
•
this_host host name supported on SERVER line
•
VENDOR_LICENSE_FILE supported (e.g., GSI_LICENSE_FILE)
•
@host supported where default port numbers are used
• Windows only: user prompted for license file or license server name
• License files are optionally case insensitive
•
lmdown and lmreread accept -vendor vendor argument
•
START=dd-mmm-yyyy optional license attribute
v6.1—June 1998
• Performance improvements
v7.0—August 1999
• License Certificate Manager support for automatic license fulfillment
• Support for “try-before-you-buy” licensing
• License file handles inserted newlines from emailers
• License lines automatically optimally sorted
• Improved LMTOOLS interface for Windows
•
lmgrd, when run at command line on Windows, runs in background by default
• Improved three-server redundancy reliability (v7.0 vendor daemon and
lmgrd)
•
lmreread and lmdown take -all argument to shut down or reread all lmgrds
• Support registry (Windows) and
$HOME/.flexlmrc (UNIX) for FLEXlm environment
variables
• Automatically install license path in registry or
$HOME/.flexlmrc after successful
checkout
• Options support for
LM_PROJECT with PROJECT
• Performance improvements, especially for Windows NT
• Intel Pentium III CPU-ID (v7.0d+, November 1999)
v7.1—August 2000
• Security enhancements