User guide

Chapter 3 - Managing Licenses from Multiple Vendors
Additional Considerations
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Figure 3-4 shows one possible scenario using a combined license file.
Figure 3-4: One lmgrd, One License File
Advantages
• A single license file to administer.
• Once the files are combined, there is low administrative overhead.
Disadvantage
• Careful planning must be given in combining license lines from multiple vendors into one
file, initially and over time.
Starting the License Server System
Invoke the license server manager once on the server machine.
lmgrd -c combined_license_file
Criteria for Combining License Files
Your product’s license file(s) define the license server machine(s) by host name and hostid in
the SERVER line(s) in the license file. License files are candidates for combining under the
following conditions:
• The number of SERVER lines in each file is the same.
• The hostid field of each SERVER line in one file exactly matches the hostid field of each
SERVER line in the other file.
Some possible reasons license files may not be compatible are:
• License files are set up to run on different server machines, so hostids are different.
• One file is set up for a single server system (has only one SERVER line), the other is set up
for a three-server redundant license server configuration (has multiple SERVER lines).
Single Server Machine
Combined
License File
lmgrd
Vendor
DEF
Daemon
Vendor
ABC
Daemon
Vendor
XYZ
Daemon
License Server