Starting and Stopping FlexNet License Servers
Important:When you begin using FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications, it must have complete control over the license servers throughout your enterprise. Do not perform server operations manually. Additionally, you should disable all Windows services and UNIX startup scripts that have been configured to automatically manage the FlexNet license manager—lmadmin or lmgrd—and associated vendor daemons.
The FlexNet license server is a virtual container of processes consisting of one license manager process (lmadmin or lmgrd) and one or more vendor daemons. All members of the container must reside on the same machine, with one or more license servers existing on a given machine.
FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications maintains the notion of a license server display name, which can be thought of as a shortcut to refer to the set of processes for a given license server. One or more license servers are configured when a FlexNet Agent is installed.
To connect a FlexNet Agent to FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications, you must add the FlexNet Agent using the Add Agent page, then connect to the FlexNet Agent. For more information, refer to the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications 2020 R1 Help Library (available by clicking the Help button in the user interface).
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