User guide

Chapter 7 - License Administration Tools
lmver
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Note The effect of lmswitchr continues only until the vendor daemon is shut down or its options
file is reread via
lmreread. When the vendor daemon is restarted or its options file is reread,
it looks for a REPORTLOG line in the options file to determine whether or not to write report
log output to a file and, if so, what file to write.
See Also:
• “REPORTLOG”
• “lmnewlog”
• “lmreread”
• Appendix F, “The Report Log File”
lmver
The lmver utility reports the FLEXnet Licensing version of a library or binary file.
Usage is:
lmver filename
where filename is one of the following:
• the name of an executable file built with FLEXnet Licensing
• lmgrd
• a license administration tool
• a vendor daemon
For example if you have an application called “spell,” type:
lmver spell
License Administration Tools—LMTOOLS for Windows
For the 32-bit Windows platforms, a graphical user interface to the license server manager tools
is provided called LMTOOLS. Always use the newest version of LMTOOLS as possible; it is
available for download from www.macrovision.com.
Some of the functions LMTOOLS performs include:
• starting, stopping, and configuring FLEXnet license server systems
• getting system information, including hostids
• getting server status
LMTOOLS has two modes in which to configure a license server system:
• Configuration using a license file
• Configuration using services