License Administration Guide - norsar

Chapter 23: Identifying FlexNet Publisher VersionsVersion SummaryVersion 4.1—Patch Release 6, October 1995• Windows patch release for Windows 95 with various performance improvementsVersion 5.0—March 1996• Improved port@host behavior—FlexEnabled application doesn’t read license file• Automatic port@host via USE_SERVER line in license file• Hostid lists—lock a feature to several hostids• New FEATURE attributes: SN (serial number), USER_BASED, HOST_BASED, MINIMUM, SUPERSEDE,ISSUED (issued date), CAPACITY (charging based on system capacity)• Optional avoidance of NIS and DNS via IP address instead of host name• Improved report log file format• Server, upon startup, notifies of licenses that expire within two weeks• Improved options file functionalityVersion 5.11—February 1997• SUPERSEDE lists, PLATFORMS= license attribute,• new options: MAX, TIMEOUTALL• Windows control panel added• Windows license generator GENLIC addedVersion 5.12—April 1997• Performance improvements and new platform supportVersion 6.0—September 1997• lmgrd can read multiple license files• FLEXLM license directory support: *.lic automatically used• License files require no editing for use at the site• Optional path on DAEMON/VENDOR line; $PATH environment variable used• Decimal license format, with lminstall utility for typing in licenses• FEATURE lines are shorter, easier to understand and type in• PACKAGE lines can be shipped in separate files that never require user editing• Default TCP/IP port numbers make SERVER line port number optional• Default options file path• this_host host name supported on SERVER line246 FNP-11111-LAG01 License Administration Guide