Installation guide

w License Management
Licensing Components
Note The information in this section pertains to network installations only.
You do not need to read this section if you are performing an individual
installation.
In a network installation. The MathWorks uses a license manager program,
called the FLEXnet Publisher Licensing Module (a product of Macrovision
Corporation), to control access to its software. This section describes the major
components of the FLEXnet licensing architecture.
• "License Management Daemons" on page 3-3
• "Applications" on page 3-3
• "Personal License Passwords (PLPs) and License Files" on page 3-4
• "License File Processing on a License Server" on page 3-6
• "License File Processing on Client Systems" on page 3-8
• "License File Search Path" on page 3-8
Throughout this section, references to the matlabroot folder refer to your
MATLAB installation folder.
Note For more detailed information about FLEXnet and license management,
see the FLEXnet Licensing End User Manual, available in PDF format
in matiaftroot\flexlm\enduser.pdf, where matlabroot is your MATLAB
installation directory, as retumed by the matlabroot function.
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