Applications find the license file in one of 3 places:
With v4.0+ applications (available spring-1995), a new feature, the License Finder, can also be used in place of $LM_LICENSE_FILE. See the FLEXlm End-Users or Programmers Manual for more details on this.
Here's the possibilities:
You don't have to combine license files. Each license file that has any `counted' lines (the
`number of licenses' field is >0) requires a server. It's perfectly OK to have any number of
separate license files, with different lmgrd server processes supporting each file. Moreover,
since lmgrd is a lightweight process, for sites without system administrators, this is often the
simplest (and therefore recommended) way to proceed.
Only license files with identical hostids on the SERVER line can be combined. Note that license
files may refer to the same host using different hostids, particularly on hp700, where one file
may use ethernet hostid, and another uname -i. In this case these license files CANNOT be
combined because the hostids are not identical.
If the hostids are identical, concatenate the 2 files, and then remove identical SERVER lines, so
there's only one (or three for redundant servers) SERVER line(s). It's then strongly
recommended that symbolic links be made from the new, merged file to the old file locations.
That way, the applications will be able to find the newly merged file without having to change
anything.
Finally, make sure you use the latest version of lmgrd on the merged file. The FLEXlm version
of lmgrd MUST be >= the FLEXlm version of the vendor daemon (noted on the DAEMON
line). Use lmver to determine the FLEXlm version of the vendor daemon or lmgrd. (The patch
letters at the end of the version are not significant when comparing versions for this purpose.)
Many system administrators, especially for larger sites, prefer to combine license files to ease
administration of FLEXlm licenses. It's purely a matter of preference.
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Q2.2 lmstat doesn't report all the features in my license file. Why?
Q2.3 I've received FLEXlm license files from 2 different companies. Do I have to combine them?
Q2.4 I want to combine license files. How do I do it?
Q2.5 When is it recommended to combine license files?