License Administration Guide - norsar

Chapter 6: Hostids for Supported PlatformsObtaining System HostidsTable 6-1 • Hostid Procurement MethodsHardware Platform Hostid Type this command: Example hostidLinux(continued)General bare-metalbinding (lmbindinstalled directly onthe hypervisor or on aremote physicalmachine)lmhostid -ptype LMB -etherlmhostid -ptype LMB -internetlmhostid -ptype LMB -hostnamelmhostid -ptype LMB -flexidLMB_ETHER=0019d22f8672LMB_FLEXID=9-19dD22f86Note • This hostid type supports license servers running in Amazon EC2,VMware, Hyper-V, or Xen environments. Additionally, dongle support includesLMB_FLEXID=9 and LMB_FLEXID=10 only. The dongle driver must be installedon the lmbind machine before you can obtain the hostid.UUID (UniversallyUnique Identifier) forvirtual machineslmhostid -ptype -uuidwhere isone of these:• VMW for VMware (deprecated)• HPV for Hyper-V (deprecated)• VM for Xen, VMware, orHyper-V (recommended)For example,lmhostid -ptype VM -uuidVM_UUID=DF440538-8EB7-11DC-BBDA-FE7FE89E000FNote • Obtaining this hostid requires that HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer)subsystem 0.5.1 or later be running. (In turn, this version requires Linux Kernel2.6.11 or later.) The required HAL daemon version ships with RHEL 5.0 or laterand SUSE Linux 10 or later.Elastic IP (EIP)address in AmazonEC2 environmentlmhostid -ptype AMZN -eipAMZN_EIP=184.72.45.35AMI Instance ID inAmazon EC2environmentlmhostid -ptype AMZN -iidAMZN_IID=i51e04315...SIGN=xxx50 FNP-11111-LAG01 License Administration Guide