Adding Triad License Servers
If your software publisher enables it, you can configure a triad license server to provide three-server redundancy for failover protection. In order to monitor and manage the activity of your license-server triad, you must add the triad to FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications using the Add Triad License Servers page.
Note:To add a single license server, use the Add Single License Server page. For information, see the topic, Adding Single License Servers.
To add a license server:
| 1. | From the Servers tab, under the License Managers section, select Add Triad License Servers. |
| 2. | In the License server display name field, provide a unique name for this license server. This name is used throughout FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications—in the user interface and in reports, for example—to identify the license server. |
| 3. | To enable automatic status updates for the license server, select the Automatic status updates check box. Select this option to automatically refresh the display of this license server’s status in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications, at the selected interval. |
If this option is not selected, you will be able to refresh the display of this license server’s status only by clicking the license server’s Update status button on the License Manager Summary page.
| 4. | To automatically reread the server’s license files, select the Automatic license-file rereads check box, and specify an interval. Select this option to automatically reread the license files—specified in the License files or directories field (below)—at the selected interval. |
A license-file reread causes the license server manager to reread the license files and to start any new vendor daemons that have been added. In addition, all currently running vendor daemons are signaled to reread the license files and their options files for changes.
| 5. | Complete the license-server settings for each license server in the triad. Required settings are indicated by a red asterisk. |
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FlexNet Agent |
Select the FlexNet Agent that resides on the license server you are adding. This menu lists all of the FlexNet Agents that have been added to FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications. If the license server’s agent does not appear in the drop-down menu, add the FlexNet Agent using the Add Agent page. |
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lmgrd executable location |
Specify the path to the lmgrd executable on the license server. |
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lmutil executable location |
Specify the path to the lmutil executable on the license server. |
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License manager options |
Select the options that you want to enable for this license manager:
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Auto-restart |
Select this option to automatically restart the license server when it is down. |
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License manager command-line parameters |
This field enables you to pass a string as a command-line option when starting lmgrd or lmadmin. Refer to the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide for information about command-line parameters that can be used and the platforms with which they can be used. |
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License files or directories |
Type the full path to your license files or license-file directories. If you are listing multiple license files and/or directories, separate items using colons (:) on UNIX systems, and semicolons (;) on Microsoft Windows systems. |
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Debug logging |
To set up debug logging:
Important:If the option Append to debug log is not selected, the generation of new debug-log information will overwrite the existing log file, effectively deleting the existing file. |
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Debug log location |
The full path to the debug-log file. To enable debug logging, you must also select the Enable debug logging checkbox. |
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Notes |
Notes/comments about this license server. For reference only. |
| 6. | Click Save. |
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