Stopping License Servers
Stopping a license server stops its lmadmin process, as well as all vendor daemon processes managed by that lmadmin process. All licenses served by that license server are checked back in. The connection between the license server and FlexEnabled application which it serves licenses is severed. In most cases, the application exits. (Consult your software vendor for the specific application behavior.) Exercise caution when stopping a license server.
This operation requires the Manage License Servers permission. See {Hyperlink}“FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Roles and Permissions”{Default ¹ Font} for details.
Before stopping a license server, ensure that users of licenses for the license server are aware of the impending shutdown.
To identify and notify users:
| 1. | Click the Activity tab, then click Concurrent By User. This displays the Concurrent Usage by User - Summary page. |
| 2. | Click the Host Name column heading to sort the list by host name and find all entries for the license server display name of interest. |
| 3. | Notify all users of the impending license server shutdown. |
Stopping the License Server
After all users have checked in the licenses for features served by the vendor daemon, you can stop the license server.
To stop the license server:
| 1. | Click the Servers tab, then click License Managers. |
| 2. | Click the display name for the license server of interest. This displays the Configure and Manage License Server page for that license server. |
| 3. | Click the Stop button. |
| 4. | After a period of time—several seconds to several minutes, depending on your network response time—observe the License Server Status on this page. The License Manager Status field and all Vendor Daemon fields should contain the red x icon indicating a successful shutdown. |
At this point, the license server of interest, including its lmgrd and all vendor daemon processes, are stopped. Other license servers on the same machine are not affected.