Installation guide

3 License Management
Managing the License Manager Service
This section describes how to manage the license manager seiT^ice in the
Windows environment.
• "Installing the License Manager as a Service" on page 3-14
• "Removing the License Manager Service" on page 3-15
• "Starting and Stopping the License Manager" on page 3-15
Installing the License Manager as a Service
To install the license manager service using the install.exe utility, follow
this procedure:
1 Open a DOS Command Prompt window.
2 Move to the matlabroot folder, where matlabroot represents your
MATLAB installation folder.
3 Enter the command
install -c matIabroot\flexlm\license.dat -e matIabroot\flexlm\lmgrd.exe
where the - c flag specifies the name of the License File that was processed
during the installation of the license manager on your license server and
the - e flag specifies the name of the license manager daemon.
Specifying the Name of the License Manager Service
By default, the license manager service is called the MATLAB License
Server in the Windows Services control panel. To specify a different name,
specify the - n flag when you use install. exe, as follows:
install -c matiabroot\flexlm\license.dat -e matlabroot\flexlm\lmgrd.exe
-n my ser'ver
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