User guide

Chapter 3 - Managing Licenses from Multiple Vendors
One Machine with One License Server System and Multiple License Files
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• Licensing load is concentrated to one machine.
Starting the License Server System
Invoke each license server system:
• For Server 1:
lmgrd -c vendor_ABC_license_dir_list
• For Server 2: lmgrd -c vendor_DEF_license_dir_list
• For Server 3: lmgrd -c vendor_XYZ_license_dir_list
Where vendor_nnn_license_list is a license-file list as described in “Managing Multiple
License Files.” Each
lmgrd starts the vendor daemon referred to in its license file(s).
One Machine with One License Server System and Multiple
License Files
In this scenario, one lmgrd process runs on the server machine and serves one or more vendor
daemons, each with one or more license files; the license files usually are in the same directory.
The standard filename extension for license files is
.lic. The number of vendor daemons is
not limited by FLEXnet Licensing. Figure 3-3 illustrates this scenario.
Figure 3-3: One lmgrd, Multiple License Files
Advantages
• The license files can be maintained separately.
• Reduced administrative overhead.
Disadvantages
• One lmgrd serves all vendor daemons. If lmgrd goes down, all licensing is disabled.
• If the machine goes down, all licensing is disabled.
lmgrd
Vendor
DEF
Daemon
Vendor
ABC
Daemon
Vendor
XYZ
Daemon
License Server
Single License Server Machine
Vendor ABC’s
License File:
Common
License
Directory
abc.lic
Vendor DEF’s
License File:
def.lic
Vendor XYZ’s
License File:
xyz.lic
System