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Chapter 11: Migrating from lmgrd to lmadminlmadmin License Administration FunctionsTable 11-3 • lmadmin Use of License Administration UtilitiesUtilitylmnewloglmpathlmremovelmrereadlmstatlmswitchlmswitchrlmverRequired when using lmadminYes, if you use this function instead of lmswitchr to change to a new report log becauseyou do not want to edit the report log file name in the options file.Yes, allows users direct control over license file path settings.Yes, releases a hung license to the pool of free licenses. Note that lmadmin’s default settingdisables the operation of lmremove. To enable lmremove, start lmadmin with the -allowLicenseReclaim argument.Not normally required. See also Changes in lmreread Behavior when Using lmadmin.Only required to show additional information (such as borrow or reservations).Yes, controls debug log location and size.Not required.Yes, reports the version of a library or binary file. Note that you can determine the versionof lmadmin by starting it with the -version argument.Changes in lmreread Behavior when Using lmadminNormally lmreread is not required when using lmadmin, however if you use lmreread with lmadmin the following usecases are not supported:• Using lmreread to restart a vendor daemon - When using lmgrd you can shut down a vendor daemonusing lmdown and then use the lmreread command to restart the vendor daemon. The following sequence ofcommands will result in an error when using lmadmin:lmdown -vendor demolmreread -vendor demo• Using lmreread to load and start a new vendor daemon - You can start lmgrd with a license file thatspecifies a vendor daemon and then replace this license file with one that includes information about a secondvendor daemon. When lmreread is run, this second vendor daemon will be started. Using lmreread in this waywith lmadmin will not load or start the vendor daemon. When using lmadmin, load and start a new vendordaemon as follows:1. To import a license file for the vendor daemon, go to the Administration page, open the Vendor DaemonConfiguration tab, and click Import License.2. To start the vendor daemon, go to the Administration page, open the Vendor Daemon Configuration tab,and click Administer for the specific vendor daemon. Click Start.114 FNP-11111-LAG01 License Administration Guide