User guide

Chapter 2 - License File Basics
Types of License Files
26 FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide
• TCP/IP port numbers on the SERVER line(s)
• Paths on the VENDOR line(s)
• Options file paths on the VENDOR line(s)
• Optional TCP/IP port numbers on the VENDOR line(s) (for firewall support only)
• USE_SERVER line
• Values in
keyword=value pairs on FEATURE lines, if keyword is specified in
lowercase
See Also
• “Redundant License Server Systems”
• “Counted vs. Uncounted Licenses”
• Appendix B, “License File Format,” for details on each one of these components.
FLEXNET LICENSING VERSION NOTES
• USE_SERVER introduced in the v5.0 client library.
• VENDOR lines are known as DAEMON lines in the pre-v6.0
lmgrd and vendor daemon.
Types of License Files
License files are created by the software vendor. License files specify floating (concurrent)
usage, node-locked (both counted and uncounted), or any combination of floating, counted, and
uncounted.
Floating (Concurrent) Licenses
A floating license means anyone on the network can use the FLEXenabled application, up to
the limit specified in the license file (also referred to as concurrent usage or network licensing).
Floating licenses have no hostids on the individual FEATURE lines. Floating licenses requires
an
lmgrd and a vendor daemon to be running to count the concurrent usage of the licenses.
An example of a license file that provides floating licenses is:
SERVER lulu 17007ea8
VENDOR sampled
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.00 1-jan-2005 2 SIGN=signature1
FEATURE f2 sampled 1.00 1-jan-2005 6 SIGN=signature2
FEATURE f3 sampled 1.00 1-jan-2005 1 SIGN=signature3
This license file specifies that two licenses for feature “f1,” six licenses for feature “f2,” and
one license for feature “f3” are available anywhere on the network that can access the license
server machine “lulu.”
lmgrd uses one of the default FLEXnet Licensing TCP/IP ports.