Adding and Editing License Certificates and License Files
Users assigned a role with the Manage Licenses permission can add a license certificate to an existing license file and edit existing license files.
Adding License Certificates
You can add a license certificate in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications using the Edit Licenses page.
To add a license certificate:
| 1. | From the Licenses tab, under License Files, click License File Summary. |
| 2. | Click the Edit link (in the right-most column) for the license file to which you want to add a certificate. |
| 3. | In the Edit Licenses page, you can add license information either of the following ways: |
| • | Paste one or more license certificates into the text box. |
| • | Click the Browse button to navigate to a license file on your system, then click Import to import the license file. When you click Import, the license file contents are displayed in the text area. |
| 4. | Click Save. The license certificate is added to an existing license file on that license server. |
| 5. | Click Save and Reread Vendor Daemon so that the license server can start serving licenses from the certificate you just added. |
If you manually edit a license certificate, the changes take effect the next time the license file is reread or the license server restarted.
Adding License Files
You can add a new license file to a license server in any of the following ways:
| • | Placing the new file on your license server machine. |
| • | If the license file is not copied into an already-specified license directory, using the FlexNet Agent Configurator to add licenses managed by the FlexNet Agent. |
Note:After changes are made using the FlexNet Agent Configurator, the FlexNet Agent must be restarted for the changes to take effect in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications.
| • | Rereading license files or restarting the license server. |
You can edit a license file directly in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications using the Edit Licenses page. As you receive updated license file certificates, you can copy and paste the updated certificates into the license file.
This functionality is especially useful in environments using a triad license server configuration. This view enables you to update a license file simultaneously on all license servers, instead of having to go to each server individually. For triads, the license file of the master server is displayed in the Edit Licenses page.
To edit a license file in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications:
| 1. | From the Licenses tab, under License Files, click License File Summary. |
| 2. | Click the Edit link (in the right-most column) for the license file you want to edit. |
| 3. | In the text field, make your changes, then save the changes. You can also import a license file from a software publisher by browsing to a file on your network and then clicking Import. You must reread the license file in order for the changes to take effect. |
| 4. | Click Save. FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications validates and updates the license file in the license server directory, regardless of whether the license server is running. |
Note:For triads, all three license files are updated.
The related features will be updated on pages beneath the Licenses tab only after the license server has been reread and the update is complete. The related features will be updated on pages beneath the Activity tab only after the reread is done.
License File Validation
When validating the license file, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications checks the following:
| • | Confirms that the license text field is not empty |
| • | Port number (You cannot change the port number using the Edit Licenses page.) |
| • | Syntax checking for all invalid keywords |
| • | Invalid date format |
| • | Incomplete feature line |
If FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications encounters an error during validation, it displays an error message with the line number where the error was encountered, a descriptive message, and the feature line.
Backing Up the License File
The actual license file on the file system is backed up and stored internally when you click the Back up button, regardless of whether the license server is running. This action does not back up the updated license content in the text box.
Note:Only one backup copy is stored for each license file. (There is no multiple backup.)
Restoring the Backup License
When you click the Restore button, the backup copy of the license is displayed in the text box. The license file will be updated only if you click the Save or Save and Reread Vendor Daemon button. The current content in text box will be replaced with the backup copy.
Error Messages
When you save the edited license, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications validates the license. If the license is invalid, an error message is triggered, describing the error. For example, you cannot edit the port number on the SERVER line.
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