System Requirements for the FlexNet Licensing Server

When you are determining which machine to use as the FlexNet Licensing Server, note the following:

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Machine selection—The FlexNet Licensing Server machine can be any machine in your network. Typically, the licensing server system components reside on a central machine in the network.

The FlexNet Licensing Server machine can have other applications running on it; it does not need to be dedicated to running only the FlexNet Licensing Server. However, for a high-traffic, high-license-count environment, and a more reliable system, it is better to have a dedicated machine.

The FlexNet Licensing Server machine should remain on at all times so that users can access it at all times.

Triad server clusters are not supported.

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Supported operating systems—The FlexNet Licensing Server machine must be a Windows-based machine. The following versions of Windows are supported: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.

Note:Note that although the FlexNet Licensing Server has support for other operating systems, concurrent licensing for AdminStudio and its add-ons requires one of the aforementioned specific versions of Windows.

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Networking—The FlexNet Licensing Server machine must be able to communicate with the Flexera product through a TCP/IP port. A valid number is any unused port number between 0 and 64000. The default port range is 27000 through 27009. You may need to adjust your firewall settings to allow this communication.

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Required software—The license server manager that is installed as part of the FlexNet Licensing Server installation is lmadmin, the Web-based application. lmgrd, the command-line tool, is not supported.

Earlier versions of the FlexNet Licensing Server software must be uninstalled before the new version (the one that is available for AdminStudio 2021 R2) can be installed.

lmadmin can be used in the following Web browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge.