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Chapter 2License File Basics 2
The license file contains information required by FLEXnet Licensing to manage licenses for a
FLEXenabled application. This information includes:
• License server system names and hostids
• Vendor names and paths to vendor daemon executables
• Feature information
In general, the license file, or a copy of it, must be accessible to every machine that runs a
FLEXenabled application, and to each machine designated as a license server machine.
Specifying Location of the License File
Software vendors often recommend a specific location for your license file. If you are running
the application on multiple machines, you have these options for making your licenses available
on all the machines:
• Place the license file in a partition which is available to all machines in the network that
need the license file.
• Copy the license file to all of the machines where it is needed.
• Set the
LM_LICENSE_FILE or VENDOR_LICENSE_FILE (where VENDOR is the vendor
daemon name) environment variable to
port@host, where host and port come from the
SERVER line in the license file. Alternatively, if the license file SERVER line specifies a
TCP/IP port in the default port range (27000-27009) or does not specify a port (thereby
allowing the system to choose one from the default range), use the shortcut specification,
@host.
For three-server redundant server configurations, use a comma separated list of three
port@host specifiers denoting the three-server redundant configuration. For example,