Flexnet Publisher 11.6.1 License Administration Guide
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License Administration Guide FLEXnet Publisher Licensing Toolkit 11.6.1 FNP-1161-LA02 Legal and Contact Information Part Number: FNP-1161-LA02 Product Release Date: December 2008 Contacting Acresso Software You may contact us from anywhere in the world by visiting the Acresso Web site at http://www.acresso.com/company.htm. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2007-2008 Acresso Software Inc. and/or InstallShield Co. Inc. All Rights Reserved. This product contains proprietary and confidential technology, information and creative works owned by Acresso Software Inc. and/or InstallShield Co. Inc. and their respective licensors, if any. Any use, copying, publication, distribution, display, modification, or transmission of such technology in whole or in part in any form or by any means without the prior express written permission of Acresso Software Inc. and/or InstallShield Co. Inc. is strictly prohibited. Except where expressly provided by Acresso Software Inc. and/or InstallShield Co. Inc. in writing, possession of this technology shall not be construed to confer any license or rights under any Acresso Software Inc. and/or InstallShield Co. Inc. intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication, or otherwise. All copies of the technology and related information, if allowed by Acresso Software Inc. and/or InstallShield Co. Inc., must display this notice of copyright and ownership in full. Trademarks Acresso, FLEXenabled, FLEXlm, FLEXnet, FLEXcertified, FLEXnet Connect, FLEXnet Connector, FLEXnet Manager, FLEXnet Publisher, Globetrotter, InstallShield, InstallShield Developer, InstallShield DevStudio, InstallShield Professional, are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acresso Software Inc. and/or InstallShield Co. Inc. in the United States of America and/or other countries. All other brand and product names mentioned herein are the trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective owners. Restricted Rights Legend The software and documentation are “commercial items,” as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation,” as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.2702, as applicable. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.2702-1 through 227.7202-4, as applicable, the commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation are being licensed to U.S. government end users (A) only as commercial items and (B) with only those rights as are granted to all other end users pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Acresso Software standard commercial agreement for this software. Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Contents Legal and Contact Information . 2 What’s New in this Document . 9 1 Selecting Systems to Run the License Server . 11 Resources Used by the License Server . 11 Sockets . 11 CPU Time. 11 Disk Space. 12 Memory . 12 Network Bandwidth. 12 Remote Mounted Disks . 13 2 lmadmin - GUI-based License Server Manager . 15 Downloading and Installing lmadmin License Server . 16 System Requirements for lmadmin. 16 Using the License Server Installer . 17 License Server Directory Structure . 19 Upgrading lmadmin. 19 Using lmadmin . 20 Manually Starting the License Server Manager . 20 Manually Stopping the License Server Manager. 22 Accessing the License Server Management Interface . 22 Viewing the lmadmin Log Files . 23 Managing lmadmin from the Command Line . 23 Adding a Vendor Daemon to lmadmin . 23 Configuring the License File Upload Directory . 24 Installing lmadmin License Server Manager as an Operating System Service . 25 License Administration Guide FNP-1161-LA02 3 Contents lmadmin Command-line Arguments. 26 Extending lmadmin License Server Capability . 29 Using the lmadmin Web Service Interface . 29 Creating an lmadmin Alerter Service. 29 3 Migrating from lmgrd to lmadmin . 31 A Fundamental Mode Change . 31 Command Changes . 32 lmadmin License Administration Functions . 33 4 lmgrd - License Server Manager . 35 lmgrd Command-Line Syntax . 35 Starting the License Server Manager on UNIX Platforms . 36 Manual Start. 37 Automatic Start . 37 Starting the License Server Manager on Windows . 38 Manual Start from the Command Line. 38 Configuring the License Server Manager as a Windows Service . 39 Configuring the License Server Manager Service for a Delayed Start . 40 Manually Start the License Server Using the lmtools Utility . 40 Automatically Start the License Server when System Starts . 42 5 Using License Administration Tools . 43 Command-Line Utilities . 43 Common Arguments for lmutil . 44 lmborrow . 45 Initiating Borrowing . 45 Clearing the Borrowed License Setting. 46 Determining Borrowed License Status . 46 Returning a Borrowed License Early. 46 lmdiag . ..