Chapter 2: Managing Licenses from Multiple Vendors Managing Multiple License Files
lmgrd -c common_license_directory lmgrd processes all files with the .lic extension in common_license_directory and starts all vendor daemons referred to in those files, so there is no need to enumerate each license file name on the lmgrd command line.
See Also Managing Multiple License Files Capturing Debug Log Output for a Particular Vendor Daemon Ability for one lmgrd to process multiple license files introduced in version 6.0 lmgrd.
Managing Multiple License Files You can manage multiple license files that are on the same server machine via a license-file list. A license-file list is specified two ways:
By using the -c option to lmgrd lmgrd -c license_file_list [other lmgrd options]
By defining the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable within the scope of the lmgrd process’s environment.
Install the license files in convenient locations on the server machine and then define the license_file_list. Wherever license_file_list is specified it consists of a list of one or more of the following components:
the full path to the license file
a directory containing one or more license files with a .lic extension
a port@host setting, where port and host are the TCP/IP port number and host name from the SERVER line in the license file. Alternatively, use the shortcut specification, @host, if the license file SERVER line uses a default TCP/IP port or specifies a port in the default port range (27000–27009).
A comma separated list of three port@host specifiers denoting a three-server redundant configuration. For example, port1@host1,port2@host2,port3@host3
specifies the three-server redundant configuration composed of host1, host2, and host3.
Note: Use a colon (:) to separate the license file names on UNIX; on Windows, use a semicolon (;). lmgrd builds up an internal license-file list when it starts up by parsing each licensefile list component in the order listed.
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