License Administration Guide - norsar

8Selecting a License Server MachineWhen selecting a machine on which to install a license server, select a stable system; do not choose systems thatare frequently rebooted or shut down. Normally, it is not required that each system be the same architecture oroperating system as other license servers or the client machines on which the FlexEnabled applications arerunning.The following sections discuss the resources used by the license server. When you select a machine on which toinstall a license server, you may need to consider whether it has sufficient resources. For small numbers of licenses(under about 100), most of these system limits are not a problem on any workstation.License Server SocketsWhen using TCP/IP ports, each FlexEnabled application connected to a license server uses one or more sockets.Depending on how the publisher implemented licensing, the FlexEnabled application may need one or moresockets. Ask the publisher for this information. The per-process system limit for file descriptors determines thenumber of sockets available to the license server. The total number of sockets that the license server uses isslightly larger than the total number needed by the FlexEnabled applications that connect to it.If the number of sockets required by the license server on a single system becomes excessive, then one solution isto run multiple license servers and split the licenses between them. This reduces the networking traffic to eachlicense servers Redundancy Using the License Search Path for instructions and information about thisconfiguration. Your publisher will need to agree to issue new license files, if you want to move licenses from anexisting license server. If the licenses are held in trusted storage, the publisher may provide an automated processfor returning them and activating them on another license server.License Administration Guide FNP-11111-LAG01 67