Installation guide

3 License Management
Running MATLAB v^ith Other FLEXnet Applications
If you have another application that uses FLEXnet for license management,
you can share a single Ucense manager, or run separate license managers
either on the same or different hosts.
The following sections describe these options. For more information,
read the FLEXnet Licensing End User Manual, available in PDF form in
matIabroot\f lexlm\enduser. pdf, or go to the Macrovision Corporation Web
page at www.macrovision.com.
Sharing a Single License Manager
To share a license manager with other applications, combine the DAEMON and
INCREMENT lines from both License Files into a single License File. In the
combined License File, keep only one SERVER line that identifies the license
server host. If the other applications are using a different version of the
FLEXnet software than the MathWorks products, run the newest version of
the license manager.
Running Separate License Managers
To run separate license managers, use separate License Files. If you are
running the license managers on the same host, be sure to use a different TCP
port number on the SERVER line in each License File.
Configuring Redundant License Servers
If a large number of licenses are governed by a single license server, failure
of the server can become a serious problem. To prevent problems, you may
want to set up redundant servers so that, if one server goes down, the license
manager can still function.
In the redundant server configuration, three systems are designated to be
license servers. All three systems must be running at the time the license
manager is started. However, once the license manager is running, only two
systems need to be running at any time; this is called a quorum. Once the
daemons are up and connected on all three systems, only two systems are
needed for a quorum; the loss of any one system will not cause any licenses to
be revoked.
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