License Administration Guide - norsar

Chapter 18: Managing Licenses from Multiple Software PublishersManaging Multiple License FilesStarting the License Server Using the Command LineTask:To use the command line to start the license server1. 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 to import, as described in Managing Multiple LicenseFiles.Note • Use the -force option with -import only if you want to overwrite server.xml settings previously definedfor the vendor daemons specified in the license files.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.”Using lmgrdTask:To start the license serverEnter the following command:lmgrd -c where is the directory containing the license files, as described in Managing MultipleLicense Files. (By specifying the directory, you do not need to enumerate each license file name on the lmgrdcommand line.)lmgrd processes all files with the .lic extension in the directory and then starts all vendor daemons to which thefiles refer.See AlsoManaging Multiple License FilesCapturing Debug Log Output for a Particular Vendor DaemonManaging Multiple License FilesAs described in the previous sections, both lmadmin and lmgrd handle multiple license files. This section brieflydescribes how the license server managers handle multiple files and how you set up a multiple-license-file list.214 FNP-11111-LAG01 License Administration Guide