License Administration Guide - norsar

Chapter 18: Managing Licenses from Multiple Software PublishersMultiple SystemsStarting the License Servers Using the Command LineTask:To use the command line to start the license servers1. Open a command window on the machine.2. At a command prompt from the lmadmin installation directory, enter the following to import the license files:lmadmin -import where is the list of license files for the specific vendor daemon on thelicense server, as described in Managing Multiple License Files.Note • Use the -force option along with -import if you wish to reset configuration in server.conf to thecurrent vendor daemon being imported.3. Enter lmadmin (and any lmadmin options you might need) to start the license server. For a description ofoptions, see lmadmin Command-line Arguments in Chapter 9, “lmadmin License Server Manager.”4. Repeat the previous steps to start the license server on the next machine.Using lmgrdTask:To start the license server on each machineOn each machine, enter the following command:lmgrd -c where is the list of license files for the specific vendor daemon on the licenseserver, as described in Managing Multiple License Files. In turn, the lmgrd instance on the machine starts thevendor daemon referred to in its license files.208 FNP-11111-LAG01 License Administration Guide